Use this guide to locate public opinion data and gather information on societal and cultural attitudes on a wide variety of topics. The guide points you to the most frequently used, relevant, and rich data sources for these topics.
Provides access to 80 years of U.S. and a decade of global opinion data. Includes data from Gallup World Poll, Gallup Daily Tracking, and Gallup Brain. Note: The Mason Libraries' subscription to Gallup Analytics includes mediated access to Gallup poll microdata for the GPSS, US Daily Poll, World Poll and COVID-19 poll. If you are a GMU affiliate interested in using the Gallup microdata, please review this Gallup Analytics LibAnswer for more information on how to request access. Mason login required.
One of the world’s oldest and largest social and behavioral science data archives, ICPSR contains many studies that are of use for research and instruction. First time users need to create a MyData account to download data. Contact the Libraries' Data & Digital Scholarship Services for help.
Data Format
[Zipped] SPSS, SAS, & Stata or analyzed online using SDA.
Registration
You will need to create an account to download data. George Mason University is an ICPSR member which means students, staff and faculty have full access to its resources.
Survey data on topics including politics, media, religion and social trends. Get data from its research centers: Internet & American Life, Global Attitudes, Hispanic Center, People & the Press, Social & Demographic Trends, and Forum on Religion & Public Life.
Go to their Download Datasets page then select a topical area. Log in to your account (or create one), then pick a survey and click the "Download" arrow on the right. Papers that used the data are also listed.
Create an account by providing your name and email and accepting a use agreement and terms of use, which includes agreeing only to use the data for research purposes and not trying to identify individuals.
Focus Fast
Look at the top few studies within each topic, which are the most recent.
Contains public opinion polls including full text of 600,000+ questions and responses, from 18,000+ surveys and 1,700+ polling organizations, conducted from 1986 through the present in the United States and more than 100 other countries around the world.
Access data from a leader in the field of public opinion research. Search Roper's iPoll for survey questions and datasets from survey organizations such as Gallup, Harris, Pew Research, ABC, CBS, and more.
You will need to create an account to download data. George Mason University is a Roper Center member which means students, staff and faculty have full access to its resources.
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