featureJul 1, 2024 Quiz: Test your polling knowledge Test your knowledge of public opinion polling by taking our 10-question quiz.
short readsOct 24, 2024 Key facts about U.S. poll workers What do poll workers do, and how many typically help in general elections? Read about state requirements for these temporary election staffers and more.
decodedSep 11, 2024 Pew Research Center’s tips for journalists covering polls – during election season and beyond We’ve compiled some tips for journalists who use polling in their work during election season and beyond.
data essayDec 11, 2024 Global Elections in 2024: What We Learned in a Year of Political Disruption Voters in more than 60 countries went to the polls in what turned out to be a difficult year for incumbents and traditional political parties.
short readsAug 28, 2024 Key things to know about U.S. election polling in 2024 Polls are more useful to the public if people have realistic expectations about what surveys can do well – and what they cannot.
reportJun 11, 2024 Globally, Biden Receives Higher Ratings Than Trump Across 34 nations polled, a 43% median have confidence in Biden’s handling of world affairs, while a 28% median have confidence in Trump.
short readsJun 26, 2024 How do people in the U.S. take Pew Research Center surveys, anyway? Here, we address some of the most common questions we receive about the nuts and bolts of taking a U.S.-focused Pew Research Center poll.
decodedMay 13, 2024 Measuring partisanship in Europe: How online survey questions compare with phone polls We compared three different online survey methods in certain countries to see which one would most closely replicate our phone results.
short readsMar 5, 2024 Online opt-in polls can produce misleading results, especially for young people and Hispanic adults We examine how an opt-in poll may have unintentionally misled the public about the sensitive issue of Holocaust denial among young Americans.
short readsJun 27, 2024 Third-party and independent candidates for president often fall short of early polling numbers Given the number of third-party and independent candidates in the 2024, we examined how such candidates fared in past elections.