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| Internet Resources | ||
| Roper Center for Public Opinion Research | ||
| This is a comprehensive academic polling site. It includes an invaluable Presidential Job Performance site with "presidential approval" data from back in the 1930s to the present time. ( http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/ ) | ||
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| American Association for Public Opinion Research | ||
| An association of people interested in the methods, applications and analysis of public opinion and survey research. They publish the Public Opinion Quarterly. ( http://www.aapor.org/ ) | ||
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| SySurvey | ||
| Provides links to internet resources dedicated to public opinion surveys related to government. ( http://www.sysurvey.com/links.asp#Government ) | ||
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| Princeton Survey Research Center | ||
| Houses polling data from many public opinion research centers, along with related links. ( http://www.princeton.edu/~psrc/ ) | ||
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| Gallup Organization | ||
| The oldest and most famous public opinion pollster, and still one of the most widely used and influential ones today. Some of their information is now limited to subscribers, but see their Daily Briefings on current events. ( http://www.gallup.com/ ) | ||
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| Public Agenda | ||
| The nonpartisan Public Agenda's site provides opinions, analyses, and educational materials on current policy issues. ( http://www.publicagenda.org/ ) | ||
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| The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press | ||
| A comparably influential non-profit organization with a wealth of studies on public opinion, including some on Global Attitudes of Americans in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack. ( http://people-press.org/ ) | ||
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| The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life | ||
| A specialist in polling on religious issues, including church-state issues and national election voting by religious persons. ( http://pewforum.org/ ) | ||
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| Politics – Beliefnet.com | ||
| This site is an excellent forum for surveying discussion of religion and politics. ( http://blog.beliefnet.com/godometer/ ) | ||
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| PollingReport.com – Public Opinion Online | ||
| This site is a mega-poll site with an extensive compilation of election and other frequently repeated polls. ( http://www.pollingreport.com/ ) | ||
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| Monitoring the Future | ||
| This website provides results of surveys focused on young Americans. It also offers links to related sites. ( http://monitoringthefuture.org/ ) | ||
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| The NES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior | ||
| This site is the extremely useful 50-year-long informational treasure chest from the National Election Studies at the University of Michigan. There are useful and easily read tips on use of this resource. This resource is widely used on public opinion chapters of introductory American government and politics textbooks. ( http://www.electionstudies.org/ ) | ||
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| Professor Renka's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Public Opinion Polling | ||
| Explains the distinction between properly done scientific polls, and the numerous website and telephone polls that masquerade as properly done ones. ( http://cstl-cla.semo.edu/renka/Renka_papers/polls.htm ) | ||
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| Mystery Pollster by Mark Blumenthal | ||
| Devoted to "Demystifying the Science and Art of Political Polling" with an extensive blog and set of links on exit polls from 2004. You'll also find extensive links to other aspects of the American campaign and election system. ( http://www.pollster.com ) | ||
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| Statistical Resources on the Web – Public Opinion – Political Science | ||
| From Grace York's University of Michigan Documents Center, this site has numerous links to the sites listed above plus more. ( http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stpolisc.html#opinion ) | ||
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