A Public Divided: Americans' Attitudes about Torture blog
The release of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA use of torture in interrogations of suspected terrorists has renewed the debate over…
4th Quarter 2014 Gallup Datasets Now Available
Ten Gallup Organization studies conducted from October-December, 2014 are now available for download. These studies cover a wide range of topics including…
2014 "Non-Employed" Poll blog
Find out the concerns and experiences faced by out-of-work Americans in this new poll of the non-employed sponsored by the Henry J. Kaiser Family…
Then and Now: Terrorism Fears blog
Terrorism in the modern sense first began to enter the American consciousness with the rise of bombings and hijackings in Europe and the Mideast in the…
Happy Birthday, Tea Party: The Public's Views on Contemporary Social Movements
"February 27, 2015 marks the 6th anniversary of the first nationally organized Tea Party protests. That first day of protests, sparked by Rick Santelli's…
Public Opinion about Using Nuclear Weapons
As the only nation ever to use nuclear weapons, America holds a unique position in debate over the use of nuclear arms. In August 1945 the U.S.…
2014 Kaiser Family Foundation Poll - ACA and the Supreme Court blog
After the Affordable Care Act was passed, the Supreme Court dealt with the case of for-profit companies providing birth control to women in their…
If I Were a Rich Man: Public Attitudes About Wealth and Taxes blog
In his State of the Union address President Obama called for tax increases for the wealthiest Americans. Does the public support such a tax increase, and…
Office of Public Opinion Research Collection blog
The Office of Public Opinion Research Collection, established by Hadley Cantril, spans the turbulent years of World War II. The first survey took place…
Pew Global's India Winter 2014 Survey
How big of a threat are extremist groups to India and her neighbors? Do you approve of drone usage by the United States? Are the punishments for…
Roper Center Adopts Digital Preservation Policy
The Roper Center is pleased to announce the adoption of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Digital Preservation Policy. This policy formalizes…
iPoll Year in Review: 2014 by the Numbers
10,979 questions in iPoll from 2014, including: Questions about the 2014 election: 495 Questions about the 2016 election: 245 Questions…
In the Balance: The Public, the Budget and the Deficit blog
Recent news on the federal budget deficit has been unusually positive: the deficit is shrinking. Some economists on the left argue that the deficit was…
Public Understanding of the Holocaust, From WWII to Today blog
Seventy-two years ago this week, the Soviet army liberated prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp. How much did Americans at the time understand…
2014 ORC/CNN Survey Datasets Available
Five Opinion Research Corporation/Cable News Network national studies conducted from June to December, 2014 are now available for download. These studies…
2014 Congressional Election Surveys blog
These fourteen polls of eleven different states asked voters their intentions in the 2014 congressional elections. This includes questions about strength…
Pew Research Center's 2013 Survey of LGBT Adults blog
The Roper Center is pleased to announce the release of the Pew Research Center Poll: 2013 Survey of LGBT Adults. This dataset, originally published…
Two Years after Super Storm Sandy blog
Aerial photo of New Jersey coastline in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy A new study, conducted by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs…
Public Understanding of Science and Technology, NSF 1979-2006 blog
This set of surveys is sponsored by The National Science Foundation - Science Resources Statistics. The principal investigator from 1979-1999 was Jon D.…
UBS Index of Investor Optimism, 1996-2007 blog
The Roper Center archives the entire collection of the UBS Index of Investor Optimism studies. A joint effort of UBS and the Gallup Organization,…