You can find many topical public opinion surveys from our Data and Statistical Services (DSS) site.
For a guide to historical sources, both domestic and international, focused on question texts and summary statistics, see the Public Opinion Polls for Historians guide.
For additional state sources, see this list of academic & not-for-profit survey research organizations maintained by the U. of Illinois at Chicago Survey Research Laboratory.
Arizona
Cronkite-Eight Poll 1996-2009
Arizona State University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arkansas
Arkansas Poll 1999+
University of Arkansas, Dept. of Political Science, Blair Center of Southern Politics and Society
California
Deliberative Polling®: California 2011
Stanford University, Dept. of Communication, Center for Deliberative Democracy,
The Field (California) Poll 1956+ (ended in 2016)
The Field Institute, San Francisco, CA
Orange County (California) Surveys
The Pacific Poll 2001
University of California - Irvine
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) 1998+
Connecticut
University of Connecticut/Hartford Courant Poll 2012+
Delaware
National Agenda Opinion Poll 2013
University of Delaware, Center for Political Communication
Florida
FIU/Florida Poll 1988-2006
Statewide survey of 1,200 Florida residents.
Print publication by Florida International University Press for the years1989-1992
Prepared by the Institute for Public Opinion Research, School of Journalism and Mass Communication. "The survey research lab at IPOR at Florida International University ceased operation on May 31, 2011." [website]
Florida Opinion Research
Public Opinion Research Laboratory 2011+
University of North Florida
Results in press releases
Georgia
Burruss Poll 2010
Kennesaw State University, A.L. Burruss Institute of Public Service and Research
Results in news releases.
Peach State Poll 2001-2008
University of Georgia, Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Illinois
Illinois Opinion Monitor 2007+
University of Illinois, Institute of Government & Public Affairs
Illinois Policy Survey 1996+
Northern Illinois University, Center for Governmental Studies
Paul SImon Public Policy Institute Poll 2008+
Southern Illinois University
Southern Illinois Poll 2010+
Southern Illinois University
Iowa
The Des Moines Register Iowa Poll
Hawkeye Poll 2009+
University of Iowa, Political Science Department
Kansas
Kansas Speaks 2009+
Fort Hays State University, Docking Institute
Results published in reports.
Louisiana
Louisiana Survey 2011+
Louisiana State University
Maine
Maine People's Resource Center 2010+
Maryland
Goucher Poll 2012+
Goucher College
Results published in press releases.
Maryland Statewide Polls 2000+
Conducted by Gonzales Research & Marketing.
Results published in PDF.
Massachusetts
Boston Globe Poll 2005+
U. of New Hampshire, Survey Center
Findings released in PDF.
UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion
Western New England University Polling Institute
Michigan
State of the State 1994+
Michigan State University, Institute for Public Policy & Social Research, Office for Survey Research
Minnesota
Humphrey Polling 2006+ (election years)
U. of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Center for the Study of Politics and Governance
In IPOLL
Statewide Polls 1998+
St. Cloud State University
Findings and other documents presented in PDF.
Mississippi
Mississippi Poll1988+
Mississippi State University
Montana
Montana State University Billings Poll 1999+
Findings presented in PDF.
New Hampshire
Granite State Poll 2002+
University of New Hampshire
The New Hampshire Poll 1976+
American Research Group, Inc..
New Jersey
Eagleton Poll 1971+
Rutgers University
Fairleigh Dickenson University PublicMind Poll 2001+
Monmouth University Polling Institute Reports 2005+; Monmouth University Polling Dataverse 2011+
New York
Siena (College Research Institute) New York Poll 2005+
In IPOLL
In IPOLL
North Carolina
Carolina Issues Poll 2007-2012
Sponsored by NC Policy Watch.
The Carolina Poll 1980s-2000
U. of North Carolina, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Archived at the Odum Institute.
Civitas Poll 2005+
Results published on website.
Conducted by Civitas Institute "North Carolina's Conservative Voice."
Elon University Poll 2000+
Ohio
Ohio Poll 1981+
University of Cincinnati, Institute for Policy Research
Press releases with results available online 2009+
Ohio Poll 2013 +
Mercyhurst U., Center for Applied Politics (MCAP)
Oregon
Oregon Values & Beliefs Surveys 2013
"This project represents the third installment of the decennial Oregon Values and Beliefs Project, continuing and extending similar opinion research conducted in 1992 and 2002." [website]
Findings presented in PDF format.
Pennsylvania
Franklin and Marshall College Poll 1995+
Successor to the Keystone Poll
Muhlenberg College Polling Institute ~2003+
Rhode Island
Taubman Center Opinion Polls 1985+
Brown University
South Carolina
South Carolina State Surveys 1989-2009
U. of South Carolina
Questionnaires, frequencies, and data
Winthrop Poll 2006+
Tennessee
MTSU Poll 2001+
Vanderbilt Poll 2011+
Texas
Texas Lyceum Poll 2007+
UT-Austin/Texas Tribune poll 2008+
Utah
Utah Voter Poll 2006+
Brigham Young University, Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy
Utah Colleges Exit Poll 1982+ (biennial)
Brigham Young University, Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy
Vermont
Castleton (State College) Polling Institute 2012+
Vermonter Poll 1990+
University of Vermont
Virginia
Hampton U. Center for Public Policy Poll 2013
Institute for Policy and Opinion Research 1994+
Roanoke College
UMW Survey 2013
U. of Mary Washington Center for Leadership and Media Studies
Results published on web and in PDF. No information about archiving.
Virginia Tech Center for Survey Research (CSR) Published projects
Includes summaries of the Annual Survey of Quality of Life in the Commonwealth of Virginia (1993-2004), available in hard copy, Starting with the twelth (2002-2003) "All data from these annual surveys are archived by the National Network of State Polls housed at the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill." [website]
Washington
The Washington Poll 2006+
University of Washington, Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race & Sexuality
Results published on the web, in Powerpoint, and PDF.
West Virginia
The West Virgina Poll 1980+
"Owned and operated by Repass & Partners, Inc., a marketing and opinion research firm." [website]
Data published in PDF from 2012+.
Wisconsin
The Badger Poll (2002-2011)
U. of Wisconsin Survey Center.
Marquette University Law School Poll 2012+
The Wisconsin Survey (1999-2017) (also via Internet Archive)
St. Norbert College Strategic Research Institute
UT-Austin/Texas Tribune
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