Research Guides: Political Science: Datasets, Statistics, and Polls

Datasets, Statistics, and Polls

ICPSR: Find & Analyze Data This link opens in a new window
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Composed of a consortium of over 700 academic and research institutions, ICPSR is a data archive containing over 500,000 data files that have been submitted by research teams, and are available for download by TU users. Included is the Bibliography of Data Related Literature; searching this bibliography allows users to locate literature that uses ICPSR data.
PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
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U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform with multidisciplinary applications for college students and faculty. Undergraduate and graduate schools use us in their curriculum and research related to social sciences, urban studies, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration, public health, policy and political science, education, business, economics, statistics, and geography, among others.

Users can leverage thousands of U.S. data indicators in PolicyMap to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions, for their research and studies.

Explore Census Data
Provides access to the Census Bureau data and content in a single place.
Statistics from USA.gov
The statistics and data portal for the United States federal government
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan research center that studies national and international issues including religion, politics, technology, journalism, economics, and communities.
Data-Z State Data and Comparisons| Truth in Accounting
Data-Z is a project of Truth in Accounting. The site contains state financial data and external demographic and economic data, along with tools ranging from graphs to regression, ranking and compound growth analysis
Gallup Poll
Website with national public opinion poll data on cultural, political, and economic topics.
Quinnipiac University Poll
Independent polling on political races, state and national elections, and issues of public concern.
Google Dataset Search
"Dataset Search lets you find datasets wherever they’re hosted, whether it’s a publisher's site, a digital library, or an author's personal web page. "