Public Research

Monmouth strives to go beyond the headlines, covering issues that affect people where they live. The Polling Institute conducts polls on political and policy issues as well as upcoming elections. In addition to regular national polling, Monmouth has conducted polls in more than twenty states.

The Polling Institute also provides research services focused on public policy issues as a service to the community while fulfilling its teaching and research mission. This includes projects such as the Superstorm Sandy Panel study, which annually tracks the recovery process among those hit hardest by the storm, and the New Jersey Municipal Website Rankings, which assessed the content and user-friendliness of more than 500 local government websites.

The institute staff has extensive experience conducting needs assessments, program evaluations, agenda-setting studies, and other research that gauges public reaction across a broad range of topic areas. Research capabilities include large and small-scale research projects, telephone, internet, and in-person survey design, as well as qualitative research techniques such as focus groups and in-depth interviews.

All public poll reports are available online. Interested members of the public can also receive these reports on the day they are released by signing up for our mailing list at the bottom of this page.