Finding Political Data
- Roper Center iPoll This link opens in a new windowFrom the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, Roper iPoll is the largest collection of poll data anywhere—from 1935 to present. Contains data from U.S. and international polling firms with broad topical coverage of opinions and behavior on social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, and more. Datasets available for download.
- EuromonitorProvides international marketing and demographic data on countries and consumers in dozens of nations. Access restricted to students, faculty, and staff of Rollins College.
- FedStatsU. S. government gateway to statistics from over 100 federal agencies.
- The Inter-University Consortium Political and Social Research (ICPSR)The ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data.
- Policy Agendas ProjectThe Policy Agendas Project is an ambitious attempt to provide truly comparable measures of policy changes in the United States since the Second World War. Systematic policy comparisons have eluded students of public policy change because of the absence of a valid and reliable set of categories of policy activity. Economists devised the National Income Accounts to be able to track the state of the economy reliably; in an analogous manner, the Policy Agendas Project tracks policy changes in the Un
- United Nations DataStatistical data from the United Nations. Coverage includes areas such as gender, health, human development, trade, tourism, information communications technology, energy, education, and crime. Data is available by country as well as topic.
- World Bank DataStatistical data from over 200 countries. Topics include economics, health, energy, debt, infrastructure, development, poverty, labor, and social issues. Multiple formats available.
- AidData.org | Tracking Development FinanceAidData is a comprehensive resource for students and professors researching foreign aid and international development.
- World Development Report OnlineWelcome To The Complete World Development Report Online. Here you will find every page of every World Development Report published by the World Bank since the first report was released in 1978. Use the following tools to quickly and easily search content across, within, and related to WDRs:
Browse by Title - find any report by its title and year.
Browse by Topic - find reports pertaining to a specific development topic, ranging from agriculture, education, and the environment to infrastructure, trade and poverty reduction.
World Bank Data - access a variety of World Bank datasets, including the World Development Indicators, via data.worldbank.org
Regions - refer to this guide for an overview of how the World Bank categorizes countries by region and income group
Related Content - access World Development Report background papers going back to 2005.
Searching - use a simple Search to carry out a full-text search across all reports; use the Advanced Search option t - Policy Agendas ProjectFind the major topics codebook and a complete list of the Policy Agendas datasets listed by political institution.
- American FactFinderStatistics collected by the Census Department:
American Community Survey
American Housing Survey
Annual Surveys of Governments
Census of Governments
Annual Economic Surveys
Decennial Census
Economic Census
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation
Population Estimates Program
Puerto Rico Community Survey - LatinobarómetroLatinobarómetro is an annual public opinion survey that involves some 20,000 interviews in 18 Latin American countries, representing more than 600 million inhabitants.
- Latin American Public Opinion ProjectThe Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) is a leader in the development, implementation, and analysis of public opinion surveys. Founded by Dr. Mitchell Seligson over two decades ago, its principal focus is on citizens and democracy in Latin America.
