iPOLL Database
TU Libraries now has access to iPOLL from the The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.iPOLL is a full-text database of 500,000 questions from national public opinion surveys since 1935, covering a wide array of topics. Most of the information in this database is taken from press releases or other reports issued by polling firms.
Sources include major U.S. survey research organizations: the Gallup Organization, the Roper Organization, Louis Harris and Associates, the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, USA Today, the Washington Post, the Associated Press, and more.
Subject, word, organization, and date indexes are provided, allowing users to sift through questions easily. Each item includes the complete question text and the percentage of the public giving the response, in addition to study level information, such as the name of the organization(s) who conducted the poll, the dates when the poll was conducted, the polling method used, and a description of the polling sample.
Access to iPOLL requires free registration.
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