United States Data Resources
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Data.govOfficial portal of machine-readable data created by the US federal government.
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American National Election StudiesProvides voting data, public opinion polls and political participation data to analyze election results in the US.
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Explore Census DataTool that allows you to grab various federal, state and local data to customize tables, graphs and maps.
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General Social Survey (GSS)One of the best and longest running surveys on societal, behavioral and demographic trends in the US, going back to the 1970s.
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Google Public Data ExplorerPre-existing datasets are available in this viewer that improves the visualization of data and makes it easier to access and use. Users can upload their own datasets to be added to the public directory.
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Registry of Research Data Repositories (re3data.org)Directory of data repositories covering science, social sciences and humanities research.
International Public Opinion
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AfrobarometerProvides reports and datasets of public opinion surveys of various African countries.
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AmericasBarometer - LAPOPMeasures attitudes and behaviors of voting-age adults in the Americas covering such topics as democracy, corruption, transparency, etc. done by the Latin American Public Opinion Project
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Arab BarometerProvides reports and data on public opinion regarding domestic and international issues in various Middle Eastern countries.
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World Public Opinion.orgCovers public opinion by region of the world and by topic.
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Pew Global Attitudes ProjectProvides access to world-wide public opinion polls regarding important issues of the day.
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World Values SurveyContains sets of surveys of people throughout the world capturing their beliefs and values.
International Statistics
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World Bank Databases This link opens in a new window
Explore different databases maintained by the World Bank, including the World Development Indicators (WDI) and the Global Economic Monitor (GEM). (World Bank)
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UN Data ExplorerA portal to many of the cross-national statistics collected by the United Nations (UN).
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UN National Statistical OfficesLists the websites of statistics-gathering agencies throughout the world.
Domestic Public Opinion
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iPOLL This link opens in a new window
Search 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)
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Inter-University Consortium For Political & Social Research (ICPSR) This link opens in a new window
*Create an account to download the dataset files. In this database, find datasets of social, economic, and political research. Deposited data covers topic such as consumer behavior, the environment, social behavior, political behavior, government, conflict/war, education, healthcare, and more. Datasets are available as ASCII, SPSS, SAS, and Stata DTA files. (University of Michigan)
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Pew Research Center: Politics & Policy"[Pew Research Center] conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, computational social science research and other data-driven research.
"[Pew] studies a wide range of topics including politics and policy; news habits and media; the internet and tehcnology;' religion; race and ethnicity; international affairs; social, demographic and economic trends, science, research methodology and data science; and immigration and migration." -
Louis Harris Data Center Dataverse (@ Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, UNC Chapel Hill)"Since 1965, the Odum Institute has operated the Louis Harris Data Center, the national depository for publicly available survey data collected by Louis Harris and Associates, Inc. More than 1,000 Harris polls from as early as 1958 are archived at the Center and contain over 160,000 questions asked of more than 1,200,000 respondents."
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KFF PollingPublic opinion bureau of KFF. Find data and analysis of original KFF polling.