ESSENTIAL LINKS IN THE STUDY OF PUBLIC OPINION

Fundamentals of Polling

• Polling 101
• Polling 201

Polling Agencies

• Gallup Organization
• Harris Interactive
• Rasmussen Reports
• Roper Center
• Zogby International

Media Groups

• ABC News Polls
• CBS News Polls
• Washington Post Polls

Universities and Institutes

• American National Election Studies (ANES) (Codebook is here; online analysis of variables available here)
• General Social Survey
• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
• Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
• National Annenberg Election Study (from the Annenberg Public Policy Center and the University of Pennsylvania)
• The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut
• Quinnipiac University Polling Institute
• Marist College Institute for Public Opinion

Polling Databases

• The Gallup Organization (see Professor Guber for access to Gallup's extensive database)
• PollingReport.com (An independent, nonpartisan resource on American public opinion, published in Washington, D.C.)
• Poll Database provided by the Howard W. Odum Institute at the University of North Carolina
• Presidential approval (Roper Center)
• Exit polls, 1972-2006 (Roper Center)
• IDEAS: Interactive Data Exploration & Analysis System (Roper Center)

Professional Associations

• The American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
• The National Council on Public Polls (NCPP)

Blogs

• Pollster.com (by Mark Blumenthal)

Issues

• Public Agenda Issue Guides

POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

• How to Register to Vote
• Project Vote Smart
• League of Women Voters of the United States
• The Direct Democracy Center