Polling the Nations Polling the Nations is a compilation of surveys conducted by over 1000 polling organizations in the United States and 100 other countries. The pollsters included in the database are: US polling organizations (e.g., Harris International, The Pew Center); universities (e.g., Rice University, University of Maryland); newspapers (e.g., New York Times, Los Angeles Times); Television news organizations (e.g., CBS, NBS, Fox, CNN); international polling organizations (e.g., Eurobarometer; special interest groups (e.g., Boy Scouts, AFL-CIO). Dates of Coverage: 1986-Present.