NEW - Roper Center Public Opinion Archives

Looking for public opinion data? UMass Boston researchers now have access to the entire Roper Center Public Opinion Archives site. The Roper Center conducts polls on a wide array of topics including, the 2008 presidential election, abortion, education, the environment, the Middle East, war, and the list goes on and on. Use the iPoll database to search the full text of surveys, including the individual questions asked, and to retrieve the survey questions and results.  First time iPoll users must complete an iPoll New User Registration form.

The site has public opinion surveys from 1935 to the present.  Because you have access to older as well as current polling data, you can trace over time how public opinion on a topic has changed.