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Public Opinion: Upper Midwest Public Opinion Archive

The Center for the Study of Politics and Governance has compiled the most comprehensive public opinion database on Upper Midwestern politics, policy, and elections, culled from leading regional and national polls. The Upper Midwest Public Opinion Archive will be continually updated, as well as extend further back in time as more polling data is collected. Periodically the Center will also release a Poll Roundup assembling the latest results on pairings of candidates, policy issues, and other important political attitudes.

Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wisconsin

A Quick Guide to New Survey Methods

This guide is a useful tool to help interpret the data found within the Upper Midwest Public Opinion Archive. It provides an outline of the differences in modern polling techniques as well as methodological concerns about new survey methods like automated and Internet surveys.

Acknowledgements

The Center for the Study of Politics and Governance would like to acknowledge the following organizations for the study and use of their public opinion data.

National

ABC News

American Research Group

CBS News

Chicago Tribune

CNN

Constituent Dynamics

Fox News

Los Angeles Times

MSNBC / Knight Ridder

Newsweek

Rasmussen Reports

SurveyUSA

Time

Zogby

Iowa

Iowa Poll

KCCI-TV /
Research 2000

 

Minnesota

Star Tribune Minnesota Poll

MPR /
Pioneer Press

 

South Dakota

KELO-TV /
Argus Leader

Daily Republic

Wisconsin

Badger Poll

St. Norbert College Survey Center

WISC-TV /
Research 2000

Wisconsin Policy Research Institute

WisPolitics.com