U.S. Public Opinion Polls
- HuffPost PollsterFeatures trends and analysis regarding public opinion on American government and politicians.
- iPOLL This link opens in a new windowSearch an archive of public opinion polls from US and international polling firms since 1935 on topics such as social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, science, the environment, and more. Note: You must create an account to download the datasets. (Cornell University)
- Pew Research CenterGenerates polls, reports & statistics covering global attitudes, politics, religion and social trends
- Real Clear PoliticsPublishes the best commentary, news, polling data, and links to important resources from all points of the political compass and covering all the important issues of the day
- American National Election StudiesProvides voting data, public opinion polls and political participation data to analyze election results in the US.
- National Journal - Race TrackerAccess polling data concerning national, state, and local races.
Election Predictions
- Sabato's Crystal BallLarry Sabato is a professor at UVa and this website focuses on the predicting outcomes of the general elections for congressional, presidential and gubernatorial races.
- The Cook Political ReportProvides analysis and predictions of the likely outcome of elections.
- Nate SilverFiveThirtyEightSilver correctly predicted the results in 49 of the 50 states in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election.