Gallup Poll Social Series (GPSS)

The Gallup Poll Social Series (GPSS) is a set of public opinion surveys designed to monitor U.S. adults' views on numerous social, economic, and political topics. The topics are arranged thematically across 12 surveys. Gallup administers these surveys during the same month every year and includes the survey's core trend questions in the same order each administration. Using this consistent standard allows for analysis of changes in trend data that are not susceptible to question order bias and seasonal effects. Coded to the state level. UC Berkeley Library provides access to files back to 1974. The core questions of the surveys differ each month, but several questions assessing the state of the nation are standard: presidential job approval, congressional job approval, satisfaction with the direction of the U.S., assessment of the U.S. job market, and an open-ended measurement of the nation's "most important problem." The Library also provides access to the Gallup Analytics Portal. One seat is available at a time. Data is available in the aggregate.