The Gallup Poll

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION COLLECTION The Princeton University Library The Gallup Organization, Inc. Public Opinion Data

The Public Administration Collection has a number of public opinion data resources published by the Gallup Organization. They include survey data on a wide variety of topics explored at different depths. Most are random sampling polls conducted by telephone of households in the continental United States. For more information on other Public Opinion references, see the handout Public Opinion: Selected References.

Recent issues of "The Gallup Poll Monthly" can be found with the SF journals in Stack 50. This publication is a polished monthly presentation of interesting public opinion findings.

The Gallup Poll News Service publishes almost daily press releases of recent small-sample public polling findings. These releases can be found in an SF box in Stack 40. In addition, these releases can be found on Gallup's Home Page.

The Gallup Poll "Mirror of America" are special features on social issues in the U.S., like smoking. They can also be found in an SF box, Stack 40.

SF has also acquired the full data reports of major CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll public opinion surveys dating from January, 1992 to October 1997. These volumes can be found in SF Stack 42. In general, each volume contains the full data from a single large-scale Gallup Poll. All volumes contain a variety of questions on current issues as well as general questions like presidential approval. Some volumes are focused on a specific issue, but many are simply labeled "Wave" and contain a variety of current and general questions. The results are broken down by many categories, including gender, race, politics, and religion. Certain volumes are listed as "Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners" because of the format in which the material was sent to us. All the regular data are included in these volumes, but without a subject area already given. These issues are in pale blue folders in the stacks, rather than the regular spiral bound.

DATE            TITLE                                           

1992
1/3-6/92        *Part 1
1/6-9/92        *Part 2
1/3-9/92        *Part 1&2 Combined/Additional Tabs - Part 1
1/3-9/92        *The 1992 Presidential Election - Vol. 1                                                
2/19-20/92      *Post New Hampshire Primary Reaction Special    
3/11-12/92      *Post Super Tuesday Reaction Special
3/20-22/92      *Campaign Benchmark
3/31-4/1/92     *H. Ross Perot Special 
4/20-22/92      *April Campaign Benchmark 
4/20-22/92      *The 1992 Presidential Election - Vol. 2                                                
5/7-10/92       May Wave 1
5/18-20/92      *May Campaign Benchmark
6/4-8/92        June Wave 1
6/12-14/92      *June Campaign Benchmark
6/26-30/92      June Wave 2                     
6/29/92         Planned Parenthood vs. Casey Reaction Special           
7/6-8/92        *Pre-Democratic Convention
7/16/92         *Perot Withdrawal Special
7/17-18/92      *Post-Democratic Convention Impact      
7/31-8/2/92     July Wave 2
8/10-12/92      *Pre-Republican Convention Benchmark
8/17/92         *Bush & U.S. Forces in Iraq Special
8/19-20/92      *Republican Convention - Early Reaction Special
8/21-22/92      *Post-Republican Convention Impact Survey
8/28-9/2/92     Town Meeting Poll Detailed Tabulations
8/31-9/2/92     *Labor Day Benchmark
8/31-9/2/92     *The 1992 Presidential Election - Vol. 3                                                
9/11-15/92      *Fall In-Depth Benchmark
9/17-20/92      September Wave 1
9/28-31/92      *1992 Presidential Election Tracking Survey - 
                Complete Top-Line Results
10/23-25/92     *October Campaign Benchmark
11/10-11/92     Post-Election Survey
12/4-6/92       December Wave 1
12/18-20-92     December Wave 2
12/28/92        Weinberger Pardon

1993
1/8-11/93       January Wave 1
1/13/93         Reactions to U.S. Air Strikes in Iraq
1/18-19/93      Transfer of Power
1/21/93         Reaction to Zoe Baird
1/24-26/93      Vietnam/Clinton Honeymoon
1/29-31/93      January Wave 2
2/8/93          Attorney General Search: Kimba Wood
2/8-9/93        Jury Selection Survey - Rodney King Police
2/12-14/93      February Wave 1
2/17/93         State of the Union Reaction
2/26-28/93      February Wave 2
3/12-14/93      March Wave 1
3/22-24/93      March Wave 2
3/29-31/93      Pre U.S.-Russia Summit
4/17-18/93      Rodney King Police Trial Verdict        
4/20/93         Waco Texas Incident
4/22-24/93      Clinton's First 100 Days
5/6/93          Bosnia Special
5/10-12/93      May Wave 1
5/21-23/93      Major League Baseball Special
6/5-6/93        Gergen/Guinier Reaction Special
6/18-21/93      June 1993
6/27/93         Special: Cruise Missile Strike on Iraq
6/29-30/93      President Clinton's Leadership
7/9-11/93       U.S. Immigrants/Immigration Policy, Part I
7/9-11/93       U.S. Immigrants/Immigration Policy, Part II - Black Topline & Tabs
7/19-21/93      July Wave 1
8/3/93          Clinton's Budget Compromise     
8/3-5/93        U.S. Catholics
8/8-10/93       August Wave 1
8/23-25/93      Civil Rights and Gender - Vol I
8/23-25/93      Civil Rights and Gender - Vol II
8/27-31/93      U.S. TEENS
9/10-12/93      September Wave 1
9/14/93         P.L.O.-Israeli Agreement - Israeli Jewish Reaction
10/8-10/93      October Wave 1
10/13-18/93     Crime in America
10/13-18/93     Crime in America - Black Oversample Tabulations
10/28-30/93     October Wave 2
11/2-4/93       Clinton Report Card #3
11/9/93         Perot-Gore NAFTA Debate
11/15-16/93     November Wave 1
11/19-21/93     November Wave 2
12/4-6/93       U.S. Economic Mood
12/17-19/93     December Wave 1: Vol. 1 - National Adults
12/17-19/93     December Wave 1: Vol. 2 - Gun Households
12/17-19/93     December Wave 2: Vol. 3 - Gun Owners

1994
1/6-8/94        January Wave 1
1/15-17/94      Clinton Inaugural Anniversary Report Card #4
1/25/94         Clinton State of the Union Reaction
1/26/94         Celebrity News Poll
1/28-30/94      January Wave 2
2/7/94          U.S. Action in Bosnia
2/24/94         Olympic Figure Skating, Russian Spy Reactions
2/26-28/94      February Wave 1
3/7-8/94        Personal Finances/Whitewater
3/11-13/94      March Wave 1
3/25-27/94      Midterm Election Benchmark
3/28-30/94      March Wave 2
4/16-18/94      April Wave 1
4/22-24/94      Report Card #5 Vol. 1
5/20-22/94      May Wave 1
5/31/94         Dan Rostenkowski Special
6/3-6/94        June Wave 1
6/11-12/94      Post D-Day Survey
6/22/94         O.J. Simpson Special
6/25-28/94      June Wave 2
7/1-3/94        July Wave 1 Vol. 1 - National Sample
7/1-3/94        July Wave 1 Vol. 2 - Black/White Tabulations
7/15-17/94      Report Card #6
8/8-9/94        August Wave 1
8/15-16/94      August Wave 2
8/23-24/94      Blacks and the NAACP
9/6-7/94        Labor Day Benchmark
9/15/94         Clinton Haiti Policy Speech Reaction
9/16-18/94      Haiti Tracking Poll
9/19/94         Haiti/U.S. Occupation Reaction
9/23-25/94      September General Wave
10/7-9/94       October Wave 1
10/11/94        U.S. Troops to Iraq Reaction
10/18-19/94     October Wave 2
10/22-25/94     October Wave 3 Vol. 1
10/22-25/94     October Wave 3 Vol. 2
11/2-6/94       Final Midterm Pre-Election
11/8-9/94       Midterm Election Panel Study
11/28-29/94     The New Republican Mandate
12/2-5/94       Evaluation of Parties
12/14/94        Airline Safety
12/16-18/94     Mid-December Poll
12/28-30/94     Pre-104th Congress Poll

1995
1/16-18/95      January Wave 1
1/24/95         Clinton State of the Union Reaction
2/3-5/95        February Wave 1
2/24-26/95      February Wave 2
3/17-19/95      March Wave 1 Vol. 1 - Affirmative Action and O.J. Simpson
3/27-29/95      March Wave 1 Vol. 2
3/29/95         Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 8
4/4/95          Resumption of Baseball
4/5-6/95        April Wave 1
4/17-19/95      April Wave 2
4/20/95         Oklahoma City Bombing Reaction
4/21-24/95      April Wave 3
4/21-24/95      Oklahoma City Tracking, Subset of April Wave 3
4/27/95         Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 9
5/10-11/95      Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 10
5/11-14/95      May Wave 1
5/17-18/95      Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 11
6/2/95          Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 12 
6/5-6/95        June Wave 1
6/9-20/95       Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 13
6/21-22/95      Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 14
7/6/95          O.J. Simpson/Prosecution Rests
7/7-9/95        July Wave 1: Volume 1 - National Sample
7/7-9/95        July Wave 1: Volume 2 - California Oversample
7/19-20/95      Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 15
7/20-23/95      July Wave 2: Volume 1 - National Sample
7/20-23/95      July Wave 2: Volume 2 - Black Oversample
8/4-7/95        August Wave 1: Vol 1
8/4-7/95        August Wave 1: Vol 2
8/23-24/95      Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 16
8/28-30/95      August 2
9/13-14/95      Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 17
9/22-24/95      September Wave 1
9/26-27/95      Perot Third Party Reaction
9/27-28/95      Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 18
9/29-30/95      O.J. Simpson/Case Goes to Jury
10/3/95         O.J. Simpson Verdict
10/4-5/95       Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 19
10/18-19/95     Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 20
10/5-7/95       October Wave 1 Vol 1: National Voters
10/5-7/95       October Wave 1 Vol 2: White/Black Results
11/6-8/95       November Wave 1
11/8/95         Colin Powell Announcement Reaction
11/14/95        Government Shutdown Reaction Poll
11/17-18/95     Mid-November Flash Poll
11/27/95        Clinton Speech on Bosnia
12/6-7/95       Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 21
12/15-18/95     December Wave 1

1996

1/5-7/96        January Wave 1
1/10-11/96      Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 1
1/12-13/96      January Benchmark Vol. 1
1/12-13/96      January Benchmark Vol. 2
1/17-18/96      Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 2
2/15/96         New Hampshire Republican Debate Reaction
2/18-19/96      New Hampshire Primary Tracking
2/22-22/96      Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 3
2/23-25/96      February Wave 1
3/6-7/96        Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 4
3/8-10/96       March Wave 1
3/15-17/96      March Wave 2
4/9-10/96       April Wave 1
5/8-9/96        Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 5
5/15-16/96      Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 6
5/28-29/96      May Wave 2
6/12-13/96      Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 7
6/18-19-96      June Wave 1
6/27-30/96      June Wave 2
7/10-11/96      Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 8
7/18-22/96      July Wave 1
7/25-28/96      July JPNS
7/29/96         Atlanta Olympics Bombing Reaction
8/5-7/96        August Wave 1
8/7-8/96        Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 9
8/11/96         Dole V.P. Announcement Reaction
8/14-15/96      Mid-GOP Convention Reaction
8/16-18/96      Post-GOP Convention Reaction
8/28-29/96      Mid Democratic Convention
8/30/96         Post Democratic Convention
9/4-5/96        Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 10
9/17/96         Perot Excluded from Debate Reaction
10/6/96         Post Debate 1 Panel Reaction
10/9/96         Post V.P. Debate Panel Reaction
10/10-11/96     Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 11
10/16/96        Post Debate 2 Panel Reaction
10/26-29/96     V. 1 October Pre-Election Roundup
10/26-29/96     V. 2 October Pre-election Roundup
12/9-11/96      December Wave 1
12/11-12/96     Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 12

1997

1/8-9/97        Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 1
2/5-6/97        Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 2
2/97            Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 3
3/97            Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 4
4/97            Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 5
5/97            Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 7
6/97            Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 8
7/97            Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 10
9/97            Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 11
10/97           Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 12
9/97            Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 13
10/97           Time Magazine Yankelovich Partners 14

* 1992 Presidential Election Polling

Created 11/95 by Jesse Southwick - Public Administration Collection
Modified 4/98 by Jose Ibarra - Public Administration Collection