Political Communication
This guide provides an overview of political communication databases and academic journals. Also includes links to historical collections, online archives, and news databases.
Mass Communication Librarian
Academic Articles
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
- Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Elections & Voting
- CQ Voting and Elections Collection This link opens in a new window
Polls & Public Opinion
- Roper iPoll This link opens in a new windowRoper iPoll includes polling data from nearly every major organization that has conducted polls in the United States today, including academic, media, foundation, nonprofit and private industry pollsters. The archive also includes data from polling organizations based in over 120 countries. iPoll consists of over 35,000 studies with over 725,000 searchable survey questions, and over 24,000 datasets from public opinion surveys dating back to the 1930s. These studies cover a vast variety of topics including elections and politics, social issues, finances and the economy, education, health, international affairs, social movements and change, and historical events. Also includes downloadable questionnaires, analysis, interviewer instructions, and cross-tab analytic tools.
Useful websites with public opinion surveys and reports, as well as archives of polling data:
Statistics
- Statista This link opens in a new window
- Statistical Abstract of the U.S. This link opens in a new window