Content
Generally, the Polling the Nations database contains compilations of questions and responses from national, state, local and special surveys covering subjects from social and political concerns to economic issues. The iPOLL system focuses on national scope surveys and contains not only the complete question text and responses to half a million questions from as far back as 1935, but also information such as study abstracts, links to questionnaires, datasets and citation information where available.
Currency
The iPOLL Databank is updated on a daily basis, while Polling The Nations is updated on a monthly basis.
Additional features
Nearly 60% of iPOLL questions are linked to respondent level datasets, providing researchers access to the full questionnaire and details of the methodology, codes, demographic variables, etc. instantly.
The search engine for iPOLL is designed specifically for this content, therefore offering more flexibility to hone in on what is appropriate for the research topic at hand.
iPOLL provides search within results, save a search, and search history features.
