Subject and Course Guides: Government Information: Data & Public Opinion

Public Opinion & Statistics

iPoll
iPOLL is the largest archives of public opinion polls with over 500,000 questions and answers asked in the U.S. since 1935.
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Topics include: economic issues/policy; education; elections, political parties/figures; government institutions; health issues; international affairs; news media/coverage; personal characteristics, beliefs, and lifestyles; polls and polling; science & technology; social issues; and U.S. defense & foreign policy. Also included are several thousand polls taken in some 70 foreign countries with emphasis on Latin America.
Pew Global Attitudes Project
This interactive database allows users to explore public opinion trends in 55 countries on topics ranging from attitudes toward the U.S. to people's assessments of their own lives to views about globalization, democratization, extremism and other important issues.
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Data can be searched by question, by topic or by country - and results can be displayed in map, table or chart formats. The findings are from eight surveys conducted by the Pew Global Attitudes Project from2002-2009 among a total of more than 200,000 respondents.
The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project
The Project produces reports exploring the impact of the internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. The Project aims to be an authoritative source on the evolution of the internet through surveys that examine how Americans use the internet and how their activities affect their lives.

Statistics and Data Resources

Google Public Data Search
Texas Open Data Portal
Census Data
US Census Bureau source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data
American Community Survey (ACS)
The American Community Survey
* is an on-going survey
* is sent to a sample of the population
* tells us what the population looks like and how it lives
* helps communities determine where to locate services and allocate resources
FedStats
FedStats provides easy access to statistics and information produced by more than 100 US Federal Government agencies.
US Census information
US Census Bureau home page
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.