Public Opinion Polls

Research!America has been commissioning public opinion polls with leading firms since 1992 to help understand public support for medical, health, and scientific research, among other state, national, and global issues related to public health and research and innovation.

Research!America regularly partners with our members to take the public pulse on important issues in their state to help inform advocacy and action. If you’re interested in learning more or in partnering on a survey, contact Anna Platt.

Polls

State

Poll Year	Name	Tags	Type
2022	Virginians’ Views on Medical and Health Research	Virginia	State-Based Polling
2022	January 2022 National Survey	All States with polls tagged to them	Poll History
2021	America Speaks: Poll Data Summary, Volume 21	All States with polls tagged to them	Poll Data Summary
2021	January 2021 National Survey Topline	All States with polls tagged to them	Poll History
2021	Americans Agree that Prioritizing Research is Essential for Pandemic Recovery	All States with polls tagged to them	Poll History
2020	Public Opinion on Science and STEM	All States with polls tagged to them	Poll History
2020	Americans’ Views on Public Health and Vaccines	All States with polls tagged to them	Poll History
2020	Broad Bipartisan Support for a Stronger Focus on Science	All States with polls tagged to them	Poll History
2020	America Speaks: Poll Data Summary, Volume 20	All States with polls tagged to them, Iowa	Poll Data Summary
2020	Americans’ Views on Science and Health	All States with polls tagged to them	Poll History
2020	Americans Strongly Support Organ and Tissue Donation for Research	All States with polls tagged to them	Poll History
2020	Americans’ Views on Funding for Science, Medical, and Health Research	All States with polls tagged to them	Poll History
2020	Americans Strongly Support Human Genetics Research	All States with polls tagged to them	Poll History
2019	Iowa Science Survey	Iowa	State-Based Polling
2019	America Speaks: Poll Data Summary, Volume 19	All States with polls tagged to them, Illinois, National	Poll Data Summary
2018	Americans' Views on Antibiotic Resistance	All States with polls tagged to them	Poll History
2018	Americans’ Views on Child Abuse and Neglect: Political Party	All States with polls tagged to them, National	Poll History
2018	Americans’ Views on Child Abuse and Neglect	All States with polls tagged to them, National	Poll History
2018	Americans’ Views on Vaccines and Infectious Diseases	All States with polls tagged to them, National	Poll History
2018	America Speaks: Poll Data Summary, Volume 18	All States with polls tagged to them, National	Poll Data Summary

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For more information on our public opinion polling and for polls prior to 2001, please contact us at info@researchamerica.org.

Telephone (random-digit dialing) polls are conducted with a sample size of 800-1000 adults (age 18+) and a maximum theoretical sampling error of +/- 3.5 percent. Data are demographically representative of adult U.S. residents (state or national).

Online polls are conducted with a sample size of 1000-2000 adults and sampling error of +/-3.1 percent. The data is weighted in two stages to ensure accurate representation of the U.S. adult population. Figures for age, sex, race, education, and income were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with population demographics. "Propensity score" weighting was also used to adjust for respondents' propensity to be online.

Poll history: National public opinion polls on issues that are relevant to medical research and innovation.

Poll data summary: An annual compilation of the most recent poll data.

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Without continued support for health research, many of the most promising young scientists, their ideas and a myriad of potentially life-changing scientific breakthroughs will vanish into oblivion.

Paul Marinec, PhD; University of California San Francisco