Books
Political Behavior in Midterm Elections by ISBN: 9781506305394Publication Date: 2016-01-01
From Open Secrets to Secret Voting by ISBN: 9781107100213Publication Date: 2015-06-17
Resources
- American National Election Studies"The American National Election Studies (ANES) produces high quality data on voting, public opinion, and political participation to serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists who want to better understand the theoretical and empirical foundations of national election outcomes."
- ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research This link opens in a new windowICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 16 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
- iPoll databank This link opens in a new window Users that have an email address with the extension @uiowa.edu can self-register by visiting: https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/ipoll/login although registration is no longer necessary to search or download when connected to the campus network. Once users enter their email address, they should receive an activation email with a link to complete registration IPoll is a comprehensive, up-to-date source for US nationwide public opinion. A full-text retrieval system, the iPoll online database is organized at the question level, providing the tools to sift through nearly a half million questions asked on national public opinion surveys, 1935 to present. Surveys archived in the Roper Catalog were originally gathered by academic, commercial and media survey organizations such as Gallup Organization, Harris Interactive, Pew Research Associates, and many more.
- Hawkeye PollFrom the University of Iowa Political Science deparment
- Library and Archives of New Hampshire's Political TraditionCovers every primary since 1952. Collections include a variety of material such as campaign literature, correspondence, strategy papers, newspaper articles, periodicals, books, video and audiotapes, photographs, buttons, posters and speeches.
- Pew Research CenterCovers U.S. public opinion, global attitudes, the impact of the internet on American life, the role of religion in public life, the changing experiences of Hispanics in the United States, and policy trends throughout the 50 states.
- World Values Survey"The World Values Survey is a global research project that explores people's values and beliefs, how they change over time, and what social and political impact they have."
