What resources can I use to find public opinion data?

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Here is a selection of databases that include public opinion research or data sets:

  • Gallup Analytics - U.S. Daily tracking and World Poll data to compare residents' responses region by region and nation by nation to questions on topics such as economic conditions, government and business, health and wellbeing, infrastructure, and education. This database limits simultaneous users so you may need to try another time if turned away.
  • Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research - ICPSR is an international consortium of more than 750 academic institutions and research organizations that maintains a large data archive in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
  • Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) - Vanderbilt University's survey research database includes national surveys, impact evaluation studies, and reports on attitudes, behaviors and experiences from more than 35 countries in the Americas, as well as the AmericasBarometer survey of democratic public opinion and many academic studies
  • OpinionArchives - Provides electronic archives for journals of opinion, including The Nation, Commentary, The New Republic, Commonweal, Dissent, NACLA, American spectator, National review, Harper's magazine, New York review, and the New Yorker.
  • Pew Research Center - This is a non-profit, non-partisan source for public opinion polling, demographics and social sciences research. Topics include: U.S. politics and policy, journalism and media, internet, science and technology, religion and public life, Hispanic trends, global attitudes and trends, and U.S. social and demographic trends.
  • McDermott Library is no longer subscribed to the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
  • TOPIC Search (EBSCO) - This database provides full text for more than 1,550 publications, including public opinion polls. Topics covered: Aging, AIDS, alcohol, computers, crime, drugs, education, energy, ethics, family, health, human rights, multiculturalism, national debate, people, religion, sports, women, work, world affairs, etc.

You can also add keywords like "public opinion" or survey or poll to your topic searches in Discover in order to find articles, journals, or data sets with information targeted to your research needs.

 

  • Last Updated Aug 31, 2020
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