Reference Resources

Polls back to 1983

Results from public opinion polls on "hot topics" such as immigration, gay and lesbian rights, and healthcare law.

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"Topics at a Glance . . . offers a sampling of iPOLL and dataset holdings on a variety of issues from the Center’s archives".

Health and health care issues back to 1994 from the Henry J. Kaiser Foundation

"Produces high quality data from its own surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation."

A tutorial from the Roper Center for Public Opinion on the fundamentals of public opinion polling--provides definitions, examples, and explanations