British Institute of Public Opinion (Gallup) Polls, 1938-1946

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>This dataset comprises data from the 58 surviving BIPO polls conducted between 1938 and 1946.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Questions cover domestic, foreign and military affairs, including:<br>
- appeasement<br>
- the progress and prosecution of the war<br>
- whether to sue for peace with Germany, Italy and Japan<br>
- satisfaction with the government's conduct of the war<br>
- attitudes towards Churchill and other leading politicians, including Halifax, Eden, Atlee, Bevin, Morrison<br>
- the persecution of the Jews<br>
- the opening of a <i>second front</i> <br>
- attitudes to the USSR and the USA as allies<br>
- the dropping of the atomic bomb <br>
- morale, optimism and pessimism<br>
- rationing and other war-time controls<br>
- air-raids and bomb damage<br>
- the Beveridge Report, equal pay, post-war reconstruction.<br>
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Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.