Conducted by Hamilton College Students and Faculty
The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center at Hamilton College has funded a series of polls on a range of timely topics. Students have a unique opportunity to receive training in polling and to conduct pilot surveys. The polls, developed and analyzed by Hamilton College students under the guidance of faculty members, are administered by the independent polling firm Zogby International.
The majority of the surveys have been released at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and received national media attention. The Gay Issues Youth Poll was released in conjunction with MTV in New York City.
Hamilton's Levitt Center is committed to creating opportunities for students to become involved in public affairs. Established with support from Arthur Levitt, Sr.'s family, the center contributes to the community through its speakers series, research projects, surveys and collaborative efforts with local agencies.
The Hamilton College Climate Change and Environment Issues Youth Poll
February 6, 2007 It's an inconvenient truth that would make Al Gore shudder: Despite an increasing emphasis at school and in the media on the causes and effects of global climate change, most American high school students don't adequately understand the issue, according to a national telephone survey of 900 students conducted with Zogby International. More ...
January 5, 2006
Researchers at Hamilton College in collaboration with the polling firm Zogby International conducted The National Youth Hot Button Issues Poll. High school seniors were selected for this eighth in the Hamilton Youth Poll series as representatives of a rising generation of Americans and potential voters in November 2006. One thousand high school seniors from across the U.S. were contacted by phone for this study of attitudes on abortion, guns and gays. The poll was funded by Hamilton's Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center and had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percent. More ...
March 20, 2003
A majority of high school seniors support military action to remove Saddam Hussein from power and believe that President Bush is "too anxious to go to war" according to a poll released by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center at Hamilton College and Zogby International. More ...
February 19, 2003
Despite believing that immigrants enhance our society, few Americans favor increasing immigration, according to a national poll conducted by researchers at Hamilton College and Zogby International. The Hamilton Immigration Opinion Poll finds that more than 4 in 10 Americans favor decreasing immigration levels. Results also indicate that concerns over national security outweigh support for immigration increases. More ...
May 30, 2002
Nearly 75 percent of Muslim Americans either know someone who has or have themselves experienced an act of anti-Muslim discrimination, harassment, verbal abuse or physical attack since September 11, according to a national survey released May 30 at the National Press Club. The Muslim America Poll by Hamilton College and Zogby International, shows that almost two out of three Muslims believe that the FBI questioning and arrests of Muslims in the U.S. after Sept. 11 are unwarranted abuses of civil liberties. The poll of 521 Muslims living in America was developed by Hamilton College and administered by Zogby International. More ...
August 27, 2001
Two-thirds of this year's high school graduates favor legal recognition of gay marriages, a view shared by just one-third of the adult population. According to a Hamilton College poll of high school seniors, the class of 2001 sides with gays on contentious issues from gay marriage to gay Scoutmasters. Comparisons with recent adult polls reveal that the graduates are consistently more liberal than older Americans on gay issues. But the poll also revealed that many graduates doubt they would be comfortable with gays in common social situations. And the Hamilton researchers found a solidly anti-gay minority, about 30 percent of the graduates, who have negative attitudes toward gays and conservative opinions on most gay issues. More ...
October 2000
"Cynical" is a word often used to describe the political attitudes of young Americans. But when asked if they thought politicians were corrupt or dishonest, New Yorkers ages 18-24, were much more optimistic than their peers nationwide, according to a recent survey sponsored by the Levitt Public Affairs Center. The study was conducted by Hamilton College students in a government class led by Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government with the aid of survey experts, Zogby International. This New York survey was a follow-up to a national poll and examined young New Yorker's attitudes about politics and the senate race. More ...
August 2000
Nine out of 10 American high school students support key handgun control proposals, according to a poll conducted by researchers at Hamilton College. The Hamilton College Youth and Guns Poll is the first national survey to probe high school students' attitudes toward gun issues. This survey of more than 1,000 high school sophomores, juniors and seniors was designed and analyzed by Hamilton Sociology Professor Dennis Gilbert and his students. It was wholly funded by Hamilton's Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center and administered by the polling firm Zogby International. More ...
In 1999, the Arthur Levitt Center Public Affairs Center released its survey of the Racial Attitudes of Young Americans in conjunction with the NAACP and Zogby International. The survey, developed by the students in Government 340 (Race and American Democracy) and supervised by Professor of Government Philip Klinkner, was designed to gain a better understanding of some of the issues and trends in American race relations that might confront young people in the next century. The press conference announcing the results was carried live by C-SPAN. The survey was also widely reported in the national media, including stories on NPR, BBC, and CNN, and in the Los Angeles Times, the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, the Christian Science Monitor, the New York Post, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Boston Globe, the Washington Times, among many others. More ...
