Nearly 2 years into Israel’s military operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Americans’ skepticism of Israel’s operation and its government is higher than at earlier points in the conflict. Read more from the @pewresearch.org American Trends Panel.

SSRS EVP Susan Sherr recently spoke at the ICW symposium at the University of Minnesota on the Future of State and Local Public Opinion Research. Read more about the event, which was dedicated to the celebration of Eighty Years of the Minnesota Poll. mnpoll.umn.edu/final-icw-sy...

According to a new @washingtonpost.com poll conducted on the SSRS Opinion Panel, most American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza. 61% say Israel has committed war crimes, and about 4/10 say the country is guilty of genocide. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The first workshop on Bridging NLP and Public Opinion Research (NLPOR) begins next Friday. Join Darby Steiger in Montreal to learn about research conducted with Trent Buskirk and Courtney Kennedy on leveraging Large Language Models for pre-cognitive interviewing.

Do Americans think the president has to obey a ruling of the United States Supreme Court? A new Marquette University Law School Poll national survey conducted by SSRS finds a large majority across party lines say yes and reveals broader public views of the Court. bit.ly/4nB4aNs

How concerned are Americans about the partial shutdown of the federal government and whom do they blame for causing it? @thewashingtonpost.bsky.social texted a nationally representative sample of 1,010 adults from the SSRS Opinion Panel on Wednesday to ask. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Susan Sherr, Kristen Conrad, and Vanessa Meldener Harrell recently attended the National Academy for State Health Policy Conference in San Diego. Read more about their experience and findings from the event! ssrs.com/insights/nas...

Bogus & bot respondents in online opt-in samples have been a hot topic recently. Our new brief shows how administering a survey to both an opt-in sample & the SSRS Opinion Panel, & applying a machine learning algorithm, helps identify & remove low-quality responses. ssrs.com/insights/how...

A new @cnn.com poll conducted by SSRS takes a deeper look into who political independents are & finds the notion of a classic swing voter is a thing of the past. The poll results identify five distinct types of independents, with big implications for American politics. www.cnn.com/interactive/...

Our new Sports Poll series explores the five fan dynamics we use to drive lifetime engagement. The latest release highlights the importance of "community" among fans and how this critical aspect of engagement is being threatened. ssrs.com/insights/spo...

New research from ARCHANGELS, conducted on the SSRS Opinion Panel Omnibus, offers a detailed look at the caregiver experience—revealing generational differences and underscoring the powerful role of support. go.archangels.me/ssrs-report

Findings from a new Financial Health Network survey, conducted on the SSRS Opinion Panel, offer a first-of-its-kind framework to guide employers, benefit providers, and policymakers in designing strategies that support worker well-being and business success. finhealthnetwork.org/research/ess...

New @hsph.harvard.edu & @debeaumontfndtn.bsky.social survey conducted on the SSRS Opinion Panel explores opportunities for employers to address the opioid epidemic: Read more in the @healthaffairs.bsky.social article, co-authored by Jazmyne Sutton . academic.oup.com/healthaffair...

Heading to the DC-AAPOR/WSS 2025 Review Preview Conference next week? Don't miss our presentations and say hello to our team members while you're there. We're proud to sponsor this event and look forward to seeing you in DC.

Research at the state & local level is vital, yet it brings unique challenges. ➡️We're here to help. Our team is exhibiting at the National Academy for State Health Policy event! Stop by & learn more about the practical tools we offer to navigate research in state & local geographies.

Our new Sports Poll series explores the five fan dynamics we use to drive lifetime engagement. With football season kicking off this week, the NFL provides an ideal case study to demonstrate the power of "priority," the first, and possibly most valuable, dynamic. ssrs.com/insights/spo...

Majorities of Americans see the reduction in the share of workers represented by unions over the past decades as bad. More from @pewresearch.org American Trends Panel. Pew Research Center works w/SSRS to recruit panelists, manage the panel & conduct ATP surveys. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Cameron McPhee and @enbp.bsky.social‬ recently presented a short course at the PAPOR Annual Meeting which focused on evolving methods addressing the challenges of reaching representative samples of respondents. View our key takeaways from the session.

SSRS VP Jennifer Berg will explore the intersection of consumer attitudes and business strategies during her session at the upcoming CEIR conference. Learn more: ceir.iaee.com/2025-predict...

Meet SSRS EVP Kristen Purcell at the Social Theory, Politics, & the Arts (STP&A) Annual Conference at Drexel University next week. Planning to attend? Let's connect at the event and talk about your research goals.

Nearly three in four Americans are still worried about the cost of living and the broader economy, according to the August 2025 Wave of the SSRS Economic Attitudes Tracker. Our research shows Americans are reshaping spending and postponing major choices. ssrs.com/insights/ame...

As we approach Labor Day, a time to honor the contributions of working Americans, we reflect on how the workforce has adapted in recent years. Our new report offers insight into how employed adults in the U.S. experience and view working from home. ssrs.com/insights/emp...

Research at the state & local level is vital, yet it brings unique challenges. ➡️We're here to help. Literally. Meet our team at the National Academy for State Health Policy event in 2 weeks & visit our booth to learn more about our tools to navigate the complexities of state & local research.

The way we work has changed—and so have our workplaces. As Labor Day approaches, we’re exploring experiences and views about working from home among U.S. workers. View insights from our latest research, powered by the SSRS Opinion Panel Omnibus: ssrs.com/insights/emp...

We are proud to announce the launch of the SSRS Center for Innovation in State Research (SCISR). Drawing on decades of experience conducting rigorous research at the state, regional, and local level, SCISR will advance and innovate research methodologies. ssrs.com/news/ssrs-la...

Findings from the 2025 Philadelphia Resident Survey, conducted for @pewtrusts.org by SSRS, reveal that, in general, people with children under the age of 18 expressed less optimism about the future of the city and more concern about their financial situations. www.pew.org/en/research-...

💨Did you know that weather conditions like wind, temperature & humidity affect the quality of the air you breathe? 🍃🌡️ Our recent study appended individual survey responses to the EPA's Air Quality Index, helping us get see the whole picture. ssrs.com/insights/per...

Reaching representative samples of respondents can be challenging. ➡️We're here to help. Literally. Our team will be at the PAPOR event next week & we’d love to talk to you about our work with multi-frame, multi-mode and multi-access approaches. Learn more: papor.org

A new Marquette University Law School Poll national survey finds majorities of adults in favor each of seven U.S. Supreme Court cases decided this year. Interviews were conducted online using the SSRS Opinion Panel. Read more: law.marquette.edu/poll/2025/07...

Our recent study used an innovative approach to explore how people perceive the quality of the air they breathe. "Perceptions of Air Quality in America" features individual SSRS Opinion Panel Omnibus responses appended to the EPA's Air Quality Index. ssrs.com/insights/per...

73% of U.S. adults have experienced some kind of online scam or attack. Read more from @pewresearch.org Center's American Trends Panel. Pew Research Center works with SSRS to recruit panelists, manage the panel and conduct ATP surveys.

Next month @cameronmcphee.bsky.social and @enbp.bsky.social will be presenting “Finding People Where They Are: Multi-Sample/Multi-Mode Approaches to Survey Research” at the PAPOR 2025 Conference. Learn more: www.papor.org

Join Mickey Jackson tomorrow at the @aapor.bsky.social Summer Series webinar as he presents “Shedding Some Light on Panel Conditioning: Trends in Response Behavior and Data Quality in a National Probability Panel.” Learn more and register: portal.aapor.org/integratedEv...

Pew Research Center has released its 2025 NPORS data, which provides benchmark estimates on key topics such as Americans’ political and religious affiliations. SSRS conducted NPORS for @pewresearch.org using address-based sampling and a multimode protocol.

The @washingtonpost.com texted nearly 1,100 Americans about Trump and the Epstein files. The survey was conducted via the SSRS Opinion Panel’s Text Message Panel.

The Quirks NYC event was a HOME RUN! We had an AMAZING time reconnecting with so many familiar faces and building new relationships! THANK YOU to everyone who attended our session and visited our booth. We really enjoyed exchanging ideas and sharing some laughs with you.

Americans’ support for school cellphone bans has ticked up since last year. Read more from @pewresearch.org Center's American Trends Panel. Pew Research Center works with SSRS to recruit panelists, manage the panel and conduct ATP surveys.

Americans are downsizing their summer vacations — taking shorter trips, driving instead of flying, and generally staying closer to home in an uncertain economy. The @washingtonpost.com shares data from the SSRS Opinion Panel Omnibus.

Our latest research finds most Americans rate their financial situation positively, but many are taking steps to curb spending by: Cutting utility bills (61%), adjusting grocery purchases (52%), reducing entertainment (49%) & dining out less (49%).

Americans largely oppose recent efforts by Donald Trump’s administration to scale up its deportation program, according to a new @cnn.com poll conducted by SSRS on the SSRS Opinion Panel.

Americans are increasingly skeptical of Israeli actions in Gaza, according to a new @cnn.com poll conducted by SSRS on the SSRS Opinion Panel.

Those who are traveling this summer are making concessions. About one in five say they’re traveling less domestically, both out-of-state (21%) and in state (20%), and nearly two in five (39%) are cutting back on international trips.

Democrats are far more energized than Republicans about participating in next year’s midterms, according to a new @cnn.com poll conducted by SSRS on the SSRS Opinion Panel.

Roughly 6 in 10 Americans say they oppose the GOP domestic policy bill that President Donald Trump recently signed into law, according to a new @cnn.com poll conducted by SSRS on the SSRS Opinion Panel.

Half of Americans say they are dissatisfied with the amount of information the federal government has released about the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to a new @cnn.com poll conducted by SSRS on the SSRS Opinion Panel.

Americans widely say that who the president is has a large impact on the country overall but a more limited impact on their own personal lives. Read more from @pewresearch.org Center's American Trends Panel.

Mickey Jackson and Cameron McPhee are headed to the Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) this August, the largest gathering of statisticians and data scientists in North America. Read more about their presentation and the event: ww3.aievolution.com/JSMAnnual202...

Sporting events increasingly offer the only shared live viewing experiences for Americans today. New technology could enhance these experiences or push fans away. Learn more at our Quirks Event NYC session with ESPN on July 23: thequirksevent.com/new-york-202...

Rituals like watching soccer w/friends at bars or attending matches in person are central to the fan experience. As the FIFA Club World Cup comes to a close, hear from a soccer fan we spoke to in Sweden & learn more about our qualitative sports research: ssrs.com/insights/int...

A large majority of U.S. adults see federal statistics as important for decision-making and understanding our society. However, they are divided on how much confidence they have in federal statistics and the federal agencies that collect them. ssrs.com/insights/the...