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Polling report.com
How's the President doing? What do people think of the death penalty? Who will win the next election? This polling site offers the results of a number of national polls on a variety of topics. Most are current and include tables and charts.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: The Art of Creating a Poll
You are the head of the Public Relations committee for your hometown Waste Removal Department. Create a poll for your department to find out how the public feels about waste incineration.
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Nes Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior
Since 1948, the National Election Studies group has been polling Americans on public policy issues. Information is presented statistically and graphically on a wide range of topics involved in the "flow of public opinion and electoral...
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Gallup Home: Gallup
Official homepage of the Gallup Organization. Fascinating look at all sorts of polls.
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National Council for the Social Studies: Political Polling in Past and Present
Students will examine several historical elections where the results may have been different if there had been political polling at that time. Read background on polls impact on elections, study each given election and answer questions...
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Ncpp: 20 Questions a Journalist Should Ask About Poll Results
The NCPP site asks 20 questions journalists should consider when using poll information. Click on each question to get a discussion of the answer. A click on a sidebar gives analysis of polls from elections from 1936 to present.
PBS
The History of Using Sampling Methods
This lesson plan will allow students to understand how the sampling methods used in political polls developed throughout the twentieth century. Approximately five hours in length with materials free and downloadable.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1199: Gallup Poll
An informal, almost light-hearted, discussion of two of the great historical failures of public polling experts. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
New York Times
New York Times: Rebuilding Report Card in Iraq
Graphs, charts, and statistics that show how the rebuilding in Iraq is doing as of June 2004. Gives public opinion polls to show how support has been dropping the longer it is taking to get vital industries, such as phone and electric,...
Library of Congress
Loc: Oliphant's Anthem Presidential Campaigns
Collection of historically significant political cartoons about past presidential campaigns.