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> <br> <br> Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.