Data restored from a 1981 survey show that a majority of Iowans believed cars made in the United States were of the best quality and favored restricting the number of cars foreign manufacturers could sell in the United States. These data come from Iowa Poll #248, a random sample survey of 1011 Iowans from April of 1981, which has been restored as part of a larger project to recover lost data from past Iowa polls.

Data restored from a 1981 survey show that a majority of Iowans believed cars made in the United States were of the best quality and favored restricting the number of cars foreign manufacturers could sell in the United States. These data come from Iowa Poll #248, a random sample survey of 1011 Iowans from April of 1981, which has been restored as part of a larger project to recover lost data from past Iowa polls.

IPOL students presented a research poster with some of our findings from Iowa Poll #248 from 1981 in Chicago at the Midwest Political Science Association's annual meeting.

IPOL students presented a research poster with some of our findings from Iowa Poll #248 from 1981 at the Spring Undergraduate Research Festival sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research.

Data restored from a 1981 Iowa Poll shows that Iowans broadly favored keeping the President in contact with the people in spite of the risk of assassination. These data come from Iowa Poll #248, a random sample survey of 1011 Iowans from April of 1981, which has been restored as part of a larger project to recover lost data from past Iowa polls.

Data restored from a 1981 Iowa Poll shows that Iowans generally favored diplomatic solutions and providing aid over direct military action or nuclear threats if Russia were to invade Poland. These data come from Iowa Poll #248, a random sample survey of 1011 Iowans from April of 1981, which has been restored as part of a larger project to recover lost data from past Iowa polls.

Data restored from a 1981 Iowa Poll indicate that a bare majority of Iowans approved of the legislature’s decision to hold down school funding while at the same time a majority thought doing so would harm Iowa’s public schools. These data come from Iowa Poll #248, a random sample survey of 1011 Iowans from April of 1981, which has been restored as part of a larger project to recover lost data from past Iowa polls.

Data restored from a 1981 Iowa Poll revealed that most Iowans approved of a strict federal handgun control law but were less likely to approve of banning handguns for private citizens. These data come from Iowa Poll #248, a random sample survey of 1011 Iowans from April of 1981, which has been restored as part of a larger project to recover lost data from past Iowa polls.

Starting in fall 2022, IPOL has been working to enter and analyze data from some recently unearthed Iowa Polls from the 1940s through the 1980s. This academic year we are working with Iowa Poll #248 from 1981. Keep an eye out for our news releases and full report this spring.

The Iowa Policy and Opinion Lab (IPOL) has released its Public Opinion Report on Iowa Poll #213--which was originally conducted by the Des Moines Register in July 1974--after restoring its contents. The report evaluates Iowans' responses on this survey, focusing on sets of questions related to the economy, inflation, tax policy, the 1976 Presidential election, President Nixon, and Watergate.