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Public Opinion
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 1981 Hunger Strikes: America Reacts 
 This exhibit traces public opinion in the United States before and after the 1981 Northern Ireland hunger strikes. It features nearly 200 excerpts from media coverage about the events, a timeline using news headlines related to the strikes, brief biographies of the ten men who died in the strikes, images, and related resources. From the Archives of Irish America, New York University Division of Libraries. http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/aia/exhibits/0501_hunger/ Topics: Labor, Poverty, Society & Social Science Last updated Jan 6, 2005 Americans & the World
"This website will report on US public opinion on a broad range of international policy issues, integrating all publicly available polling data." Topics covered include globalization, international trade, women's international issues, terrorism, human rights, global warming, the United Nations, population, biotechnology, and regional issues such as "Iraq Debate" and "Israel and the Palestinians." Searchable. From the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA). http://www.americans-world.org/ Topics: Economics, Politics by Place, Society & Social Science, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Mar 29, 2004 Angus Reid Global Monitor
This site provides results from over 20,000 market research and public consultation polls from around the world. Includes global opinion polls such as on same-sex marriage in the U.S., political polls on topics such as "Obama's Honeymoon," and an election tracker (featuring a list of recent and upcoming elections). Also search, or browse by issues, such as Afghanistan, Iraq War, North Korea, stem cell research, and terrorism. Poll results go back to 2003. http://www.angus-reid.com/ Topics: Society & Social Science Last updated May 15, 2009 Attitudes About Homosexuality & Gay Marriage
This study, updated in December 2004, presents a compilation of polling data back to the 1970s about the acceptance of homosexuality and gay marriage in the United States. Includes links to related material. Opens directly into a PDF document. From the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, a think tank "dedicated to preserving and strengthening the foundations of freedom — limited government, private enterprise ... and a strong foreign policy and national defense." http://www.aei.org/docLib/20050121_HOMOSEXUALITY.pdf Topics: Families, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered People, Social Issues, Society & Social Science Last updated Jan 26, 2005 Buildings, Books, and Bytes: Libraries and Communities in the Digital Age
"A report on the public's opinion of library leaders' visions for the future, prepared by the Benton Foundation." Recommended reading for anyone interested in the future role of libraries in society. Opens directly into a PDF file. http://www.wkkf.org/pubs/Pub762.pdf Topics: Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Jul 12, 2007 Epinions
A well-designed consumer site that provides unedited opinions and reviews from user members about a broad range of products, services, and travel destinations. Links to professional reviews and buying guides are also available in many categories. Users can rate member reviews for usefulness, and reviewers for "trustworthiness." http://www.epinions.com/ Topics: Business, Business, Consumer Research & Advocacy, Society & Social Science Last updated Jun 15, 2003 Fimoculous: Lists
Find hundreds of year-end "best-of" (and some "worst-of") lists. Topics include books, film, music, automobiles, words (such as banished word list and word of the year), people, and more. Includes links to lists from previous years. From Web personality and chronic list-compiler Rex Sorgatz. http://www.fimoculous.com/year-review-2008.cfm Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Film, Movies, & Video, Literature & Books, Music, Society & Social Science Last updated Dec 1, 2008 Fundamentals of Polling
"This tutorial is intended to offer a simplified glimpse into some of the fundamentals of public opinion polling. Designed for the novice, [it] provides definitions, examples, and explanations that serve to introduce interested students to the field of public opinion research." Topics include sampling, total survey error, and reading tables. Provides a glossary of polling terminology. From the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/education/polling_fundamentals.html Topics: Society & Social Science Last updated Jan 24, 2008 The Gallup Organization
Established in 1935 by Dr. George H. Gallup (1901-1984), the Gallup Organization is best known for its public opinion polls, which provide "measurement and analysis of people's attitudes, opinions, and behavior." This searchable site provides a full-text poll archive on various topics. Click on Newsflash for a daily update on politics, business, and social issues in the latest polls. http://www.gallup.com/ Topics: Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Feb 25, 2000 General Social Survey (GSS)
This site tracks "trends in American attitudes, experiences, practices, and concerns." Subjects include economics, population, education, child development, health, statistics, methodology, substance abuse, mental health, and criminal justice. Users may browse or search the library collection. Some studies are reported solely in summary format. http://www.norc.org/projects/General+Social+Survey.htm Topics: Drugs, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated May 21, 2007 Guide To Public Opinion Poll Web Sites: Polling Data From Around the World
This annotated compilation of websites "focuses on significant Internet sites concerning general public opinion polls, especially those providing polling results in usable formats." The scope does not include "Web and blog polls, as many are unscientific, biased, or oriented toward amateur efforts." From librarians Gary Thompson and Sean Conley, published in the October 2006 issue of C&RL News, a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries of the American Library Association (ALA). http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crlnews/2006/oct/opinionpoll.cfm Topics: Society & Social Science Last updated Jan 13, 2009 Health Poll Search
This "is a searchable archive of public opinion questions on health issues that allows users to know what Americans think about health issues. ... [Q]uestions provide information on public perceptions of HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, health policy and health reform, Medicare and Medicaid, women's health, the uninsured, minority health, and children's health." A partnership between the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/healthpoll.cfm Topics: Health, Health, Senior Health, Society & Social Science Last updated Nov 6, 2009 History of Opinion Polling
Brief background about public opinion polling in the U.S. Discusses straw polls (impromptu interviews of voters as they left the polling place, the first on record which took place in 1824), Gallup polls (first "designed to help manufacturers make and market products of mass appeal"), and the use of public opinion polls by Franklin D. Roosevelt and other presidents. Also includes information about polling mistakes. From the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) program NOW. http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/polling.html Topics: Society & Social Science Last updated Sep 15, 2008 National Network of State Polls (NNSP)
"A confederation of organizations that conduct state-level surveys. ... The NNSP archive of state polls ... is part of the data archive of the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, ... [which] contains nearly 70,000 items from more than 660 studies, contributed by 44 survey organizations in 25 states." From the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.irss.unc.edu/odum/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=463 Topics: Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Jun 30, 2009 NPR: The Long View
Audio of radio programs from "an occasional series of 'Morning Edition' conversations with people of significant experience, people who can both reflect on the past and look ahead to the future." Features individuals such as John Wooden (on college basketball's lost beauty), Stan Lee (on realism in the world of comic heroes), P.D. James (on the mystery novel's changing form), and Kurt Vonnegut (on modern society). From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5070722 Topics: Society & Social Science Last updated Apr 19, 2007 Pew Global Attitudes Project
This is "a series of worldwide public opinion surveys. More than 90,000 interviews in 50 countries have been conducted as part of the project." The website features reports (on topics such as European views of the U.S. and Islamic extremism), commentaries (on free trade, global gender gaps, and other topics), datasets, and summaries of news items. From the Pew Research Center. http://pewglobal.org Topics: Business, Politics by Place, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science Last updated Jul 20, 2005 PollingReport.com
Online presence of The Polling Report , a bi-monthly "independent survey of trends affecting elections, government, and business." The Web site is updated whenever a new poll is released, which means almost daily. Includes Gallup, Harris, Yankelovich, Princeton Survey Research Associates, network news polls, more. Main categories are Politics and Policy; Business / Economy; American Scene; Insights; and National Barometer; with an extensive table of contents. Searchable. http://www.pollingreport.com/ Topics: Mathematics, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science, Statistics Last updated Jul 14, 2000 Public Agenda Online
"Public Agenda is a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization." Its site presents "policy options and public opinion behind critical public concerns" such as abortion, crime, gay rights, illegal drugs, race, and the right to die. Extensive information on each issue includes an overview, facts and trends, different perspectives, links to news stories, and results of public opinion polls. http://www.publicagenda.org/ Topics: Society & Social Science Last updated May 17, 2002 Quinnipiac University Polling Institute
"Frequently cited by journalists, public officials and researchers, the independent Quinnipiac University Poll regularly surveys residents in Connecticut, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and nationwide about political races, state and national elections, and issues of public concern, such as schools, taxes, transportation, municipal services and the environment." Find polling results back to the late 1990s on topics such as presidential elections in swing states and Boston Red Sox fan support in Connecticut. http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x271.xml Topics: Society & Social Science Last updated Jul 8, 2008 Search Field (California) Polls, 1979-Latest Release, Questions and Answers
Find questions and answers from California Field polls for 1979-2006. "The Field (California) Poll was founded in 1947 by Mervin Field. ... The Field Poll tracks voter preferences in all major statewide candidate and proposition election contests, assesses California public opinion about elected officials and major issues facing the state, obtains reaction to political and social developments, and covers topical news stories of general public interest." From the University of California, San Diego, Libraries. http://gort.ucsd.edu/calpol/ Topics: Society & Social Science Last updated Jun 29, 2009 Survey: What the World Thinks of America
In October 2004, the British newspaper The Guardian "teamed up with partner newspapers across the world to carry out a public survey of peoples' opinions of the United States — its policies, president, people." The site features summary articles and survey results for polls conducted in Canada, Spain, France, Russia, Japan, Mexico, Israel, South Korea, Australia, and Great Britain. From The Guardian's online companion, the Guardian Unlimited. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/viewsofamerica/0,15220,1327191,00.html Topics: 2004 Presidential Election, Presidents by Name, Society & Social Science, Society & Social Science, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Aug 30, 2005 World Public Opinion.org (WPO)
Provides regionally organized information "on public opinion from around the world on international issues." Each report provides the questionnaire and methodology used in polling. Topics include development and aid, environment, trade, governance, security, justice, human rights, the United Nations, and more. Also provides links to sources for polling data. From the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA). http://worldpublicopinion.org/ Topics: Society & Social Science Last updated Mar 1, 2006 World Values Survey
This "is a worldwide investigation of sociocultural and political change. ... The survey is performed on nationally representative samples in almost 80 societies on all six inhabited continents." This site provides information about completed surveys (browsable by geographic area), data from the surveys, and a list of publications covering topics such as religion, political science, and consumer behavior. Includes project news updates. http://www.worldvaluessurvey.com/ Topics: Society & Social Science Last updated Dec 16, 2003 |
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