|
American Association
for Public Opinion Research |
| Founded
in 1947 to disseminate public opinion research through journal
Public
Opinion Quarterly and to promote professional standards
of conduct, also publishes online version of Blue
Book member directory. |
|
The Council of American Survey
Research Organizations |
| Trade
organization for commercial firms engaged in survey research,
publishes code of professional standards |
| Council
for Marketing and Opinion Research |
| Trade association
advancing interests of the marketing and opinion research industry,
members consist of research companies, their clients (the end-users
of the data compiled by the researchers), others sharing same
concerns |
|
National Council
on Public Polls |
| Established
1969, adopts ethical standards for pollsters and works to increase
public knowledge about polls, publishes a useful booklet entitled
"Twenty Questions a
Journalist Should Ask About Poll Results," |
|
National Network of
State Polls |
| A confederation
of organizations conducting state-level public opinion surveys,
promotes the collection and use of state survey data, maintains
archive available only to members |
|
The World Association for
Public Opinion Research |
| Sponsors conferences and seminars,
publishes International
Journal of Public Opinion Research, code of conduct |
|
World Association of Opinion and Marketing Research Professionals |
| Founded 1948 as European Society
for Opinion and Marketing Research, now composed of over 4000
members in 100 countries, including both users and providers
of research in advertising and media agencies, universities,
public institutions and government |
|
Howard Odum Institute
for Research in Social Science-University of North Carolina |
| Database includes
Louis Harris & Associates Polls, Carolina Polls, southern
polls and historical state data, some of which available to
the public |
|
National Election Studies-University of Michigan |
| Conducts national surveys of
US electorate in presidential and midterm election years, carries
out research and development work through pilot studies in odd-numbered
years. The NES time-series
now encompasses 23 biennial election studies spanning five decades |
|
Pew Research Center for The People & The Press
|
| Independent
opinion research group sponsored by
The Pew Charitable Trusts,
maintains data
archive of selected public opinion surveys (requires registration),
also studies public attitudes toward the press, politics and
public policy issues |
|
Polling Report |
| Commercial
publishing firm provides summaries of polls on trends in public
opinion regarding politics, business, society, with state poll
data available only to subscribers |
| Public
Agenda |
| "The
Inside Source for Public Opinion and Policy Analysis,"
nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1975 by social
scientist Daniel Yankelovich and former Secretary of State,
the late Cyrus Vance, to help leaders better understand public
opinion and citizens improve knowledge of issues |
|
The Pulse-Economic
Policy Institute |
| Useful
site maintained by nonprofit Economic
Policy Institute with summaries and discussion of recent
opinion surveys on topics such as elections, economy,
health, environment, taxes, social welfare, etc., along with
extensive links |
|
Roper Center for
Public Opinion Research-University
of Connecticut |
|
Maintains world's largest library of public opinion data, but
much of it available only to Roper Center affiliates
|
|
Washington Post Data Directory |
| Provides
links to public opinion data published on the Internet by nonpartisan
organizations. |
| |
| Gallup
Poll |
| Summaries of
recent Gallup Polls, but access to most surveys requires
premium subscription |
|
Harris Poll |
| Begun in 1963,
conducts weekly surveys measuring public opinion on a wide variety
of subjects including politics and the economy, Web site publishes
index
of current and archived surveys |
|
Los Angeles
Times Poll |
| Focus on national issues and
California politics, maintains online archive of past LA Times
polls to 1992 |
| New
York Times/CBS Poll |
| Available on New York Times Website,
but requires free registration |
|
Newsweek Poll |
| Summaries of current poll available
online upon publication |
|
USA Today/CNN/Gallup
Polls |
|
Summaries
of current poll available online upon publication
|
|
The Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll
|
| Available only through
subscription to online Wall
Street Journal or summary upon release at MSNBC.com |
|
Washington Post-ABC News Poll |
| Current
and
archived polls available online with search engine, also
publishes
Washington Post Data Directory of links to data of nonpartisan
organizations |
| Zogby
International |
| Summaries of recent Zogby opinion
surveys, including continuing series on presidential job performance
and presidential greatness |
| State
Polls |
|
National Network of
State Polls |
| A confederation
of organizations conducting state-level public opinion surveys,
promotes the collection and use of state survey data, maintains
archive available only to members |
|
Mason-Dixon Polling
Research |
| Independent polling firm conducting
voter surveys for news media, lobbyists, advocacy groups, trade
associations and political action committees, also nation's
most active state polling organization, conducting copyrighted
public opinion polls for news media organizations in all 50
states on topics including campaigns, senate and gubernatorial
job performance. |
| Arizona:
KAET Poll |
| Conducted several times a year
since 1990 for PBS station KAET by Arizona State University's
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication,
Web site includes archives from 1995 on Arizonans' opinions
on controversial issues |
| California:
The
Field Poll-The
Field Institute |
| Online summaries of The
Field Poll conducted by The
Field Institute, non-partisan public policy research organization
studying public opinion on social, economic and political issues
in California, supplemented by search
engine of archives for Field Polls 1979-2000 maintained
in the Social Sciences Data Collection
at the University of California,
San Diego |
| California:
PPIC
Statewide Surveys Public Policy
Institute of California |
| Series of opinion
surveys on social, economic, and political attitudes of California
residents throughout the state.conducted by Public
Policy Institute of California, a nonprofit, nonpartisan
public policy research organization |
| Connecticut:
Connecticut
Surveys-Quinnipiac
University |
| Connecticut
public opinion on public officials, elections and issues, conducted
by the Polling Institute
at Quinnipiac University
with similar surveys for New
York State, New
York City, and New
Jersey |
| Florida:
Florida
Annual Policy Survey |
| Florida
State University Survey Research Laboratory
has been conducting the Florida Annual Policy Survey since 1979
to monitor the policy interests and attitudes of Floridians
on important issues facing state and local governments. |
| Florida:
The Florida
Poll |
| Conducted by the New York Times
Regional Newspaper Group in Florida, with most recent poll
conducted in October 2000 measuring opinions of voters throughout
the state |
| Maryland:
Maryland
Statewide Surveys-Gonzales/Arscott Research |
| Summaries of Maryland public
opinion on elections and other public issues conducted by private
firm Gonzales/Arscott
Research & Communications, also national opinion surveys
done by firm |
| New
Jersey:
Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, Eagleton
Institute of Politics, Rutgers University |
| Established
in 1971 with primary mission serving state of New Jersey, conducts
public opinion polls, public policy research and education,
with series of quarterly polls also published in partnership
with New Jersey's largest newspaper as the Star-Ledger/Eagleton-Rutgers
Poll |
| New Jersey:
New
Jersey Surveys-Quinnipiac
University |
| New Jersey
public opinion on public officials, elections and issues, conducted
by the Polling Institute
at Quinnipiac University
with similar surveys for New
York, New
York City, and Connecticut
|
| New York:
New
York Surveys-Quinnipiac
University |
| New York State
public opinion on public officials, elections and issues, conducted
by the Polling Institute
at Quinnipiac University
with similar surveys for New
York City,
Connecticut and New
Jersey |
| New
York: Marist Poll-Marist
Institute for Public Opinion-Marist
College |
| Focus on New
York State and New York City, along with occasional national
surveys,
on public opinion on government, issues and politics |
| Ohio:
The
Werth Poll-Paul Werth
Associates |
| Designed and
sponsored by public relations firm Paul Werth Associates, periodic
poll examines Ohio public's view and opinions on topics including
current events, state and national politics, the economy and
the media |
| Ohio:
The
Ohio Poll-Institute
for Policy Research-University of Cincinnati |
| Commenced
in 1981, quarterly survey of Ohioans on variety of political,
social, economic, and public policy topics |
Pennsylvania:
Keystone Poll-Center
for Opinion Research-
Millersville University |
| Semi-annual
survey of Pennsylvania attitudes on public officials, issues
and elections |
Rhode
Island:
Public Opinion Report-Taubman Center
Brown
University |
| Regular
survey of Rhode Island public opinion |
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