Harvard Opinion Research Program (HORP)
The Harvard Opinion Research Program (HORP) conducts and analyzes public opinion research about public health and emergencies, health care policy, economic and social policies, international public health, and elections, revealing the attitudes and experiences shaping health and politics across the U.S. and around the world.
POLITICO-Harvard Polls
A series of nationwide polls conducted in partnership with POLITICO on current health and related domestic policy issues. Telephone interviews conducted by SSRS, an independent research company.
September 2022
POLITICO-Harvard Poll: “Abortion, Gun Policies and Other Health-Related Issues in the 2022 Congressional Election”
POLITICO Coverage: “Gun policies, along with abortion, inflation and economy, are top concern for voters”
Media Coverage
NBC News: “The GOP cavalry comes to the N.H. Senate primary, but is it too late?”
May 2022
POLITICO-Harvard Poll: “The Public’s Priorities for COVID-19 in a Changing World”
POLITICO Coverage: “Majority of Americans support continued migrant expulsions under Title 42″
March 2022
POLITICO-Harvard Poll: “Conflicting Views Among Parents About The Impact on Their Children of Continuing Mask Mandates in Schools”
POLITICO Coverage: “POLITICO-Harvard poll: 40 percent of parents believe masks at school harmed their kids”
Media Coverage
Newsweek: “Only 11 Percent of Parents Think Masks Help Kids At School: Poll”
National Review: “Forty Percent of Parents Say School-Masking Hurt Their Children, New Poll Finds”
The Hill: “4 in 10 parents say mask-wearing in school harmed their children: poll”
Washington Examiner: “Over 40% of parents say masking in schools was harmful to children: Poll”
January 2022
POLITICO-Harvard Poll: “At the Beginning of the 2022 Congress, Where is the Public on the Importance of Build Back Better Legislation”
POLITICO Coverage: “Big Domestic Spending Bills Seen as Stoking Inflation”
October 2021
POLITICO-Harvard Poll: “The American Public’s Views on the Debate Over Covid-19 Vaccination Mandates for Public-School Students Aged 12 or Older”
POLITICO Coverage: “Politico-Harvard poll: Most Americans support vaccine mandates for schoolkids”
October 2021
POLITICO-Harvard Poll: “The American Public’s Priorities for the $1-Trillion Infrastructure and $3.5-Trillion Spending Bills”
POLITICO Coverage: “POLITICO-Harvard poll: Drug price negotiation is Americans’ top priority”
Media Coverage
The Week: “Most Americans are ignoring Capitol Hill negotiations, poll finds”
Fortune: “Biden’s $3.5 trillion package is ‘too big to fail’ but also ‘too big to describe”
Yahoo Finance: “Drug Price Negotiation Is Americans’ Top Priority From Democratic Plan: Poll”
July 2021
POLITICO-Harvard Poll: “The American Public’s Views on Mandating Covid-19 Vaccinations and on Allowing Prescription Drug Importation from Multiple Countries”
Media Coverage:
POLITICO: “Americans sharply divided over vaccine mandates”
POLITICO: “Most Americans believe Covid leaked from lab”
The Washington Post ‘A tipping point’: Government officials, health groups move to require coronavirus vaccines for workers
April 2021
POLITICO-Harvard Poll: “The American Public’s Views on The Future of Schooling and Work in a Less Covid Concerned Era”
POLITICO Coverage: “POLITICO-Harvard poll: Few expect major help from Biden’s stimulus package“
January 2021
POLITICO-Harvard Poll: “The American Public’s Priorities for the New President and Congress.”
POLITICO Coverage: “Public Strongly Backs Biden’s Demand for Covid Aid”
September 2020
POLITICO-Harvard Poll: “Pandemic fallout, racial reckoning are deeply personal to 2020 voters”
POLITICO Coverage: “POLITICO-Harvard poll: Pandemic fallout, racial reckoning are deeply personal to 2020 voters”
POLITICO Newsletter: “POLITICO-Harvard poll gauging their attitudes heading into the presidential election. While the economy is typically a top voter issue in presidential elections, it’s taken on new urgency with millions out of work because of the pandemic. The new poll shows that unlike some past elections, issues that are deeply personal to Americans’ everyday lives, rather than policy debates that can be more abstract, rank among the most important priorities that will influence voters.”
POLITICO: HEALTH CARE, “How abortion groups on both sides are mobilizing after RBG’s death”
May 2020
POLITICO-Harvard Poll: Stark Partisan Divide on Reopening America
- Report and topline
- Poll: Republicans are twice as likely as Democrats to say businesses should reopen soon
February 2020
POLITICO-Harvard Poll: Americans’ Domestic Priorities for President Trump and Congress in the Months Leading up to the 2020 Election
November 2019
POLITICO – Harvard poll: Americans’ Views on CBD Products & Marijuana for Recreational Use
- Report and topline
- Poll: Despite vaping crisis, Americans view e-cigarettes as far more dangerous than marijuana
See the Forum on this topic here: Recreational Marijuana and CBD Public Attitudes, Science, and the Law
August 2019
POLITICO-Harvard poll: Americans worried about data hacks, want higher taxes on e-cigs
March 2019
The Public and High U.S. Health Care Costs
- Report and topline
- Poll: Americans blame pharma, insurers and providers for high health costs – March 29, 2019
- Obamacare fight obscures America’s real health care crisis: Money – April 3, 2019
January 2019
Americans’ Health and Education Priorities for the New Congress in 2019
- Report and topline
- POLITICO/Harvard poll: Many Democrats back a taxpayer-funded health care plan like Medicare for All – January 7, 2019
- Poll: Americans want Congress to reduce student debt, improve K-12 funding – January 7, 2019
December 2018
Americans’ Priorities for the New Congress in 2019
- Report and topline
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: New Congress should fight hate crimes, tackle drug prices – January 3, 2019
October 2018
Voters and Health Care in the 2018 Congressional Election
- Report and topline
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Most Democratic voters driven by desire to ice GOP health agenda – October 12, 2018
July 2018
Americans’ Views on Policies to Address Prescription Drug Prices, the Opioid Crisis, and Other Current Domestic Issues
- Report and topline
- Americans skeptical of Trump’s drug plan – if they’ve even heard of it – July 23, 2018
- Poll indicates some support for farm subsidies – July 30, 2018
March 2018
Americans’ Views of President Trump’s Agenda on Health Care, Immigration, and Infrastructure
- Report and topline
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Americans worry that government action on drug prices could backfire – March 14, 2018
December 2017
The Public’s Priorities for Congress and President Trump in the Post-Thanksgiving Period
- Report and topline
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Democrats and Republicans still fixated on health care – December 5, 2017
September 2017
The Public’s Views of Tax Reform and Other Domestic Issues
- Report and topline
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Tax reform lags other issues on list of voters’ concerns – September 21, 2017
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Majority support soda taxes to fund pre-K, health programs – September 21, 2017
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Congress should focus on reducing drug prices – September 25, 2017
Americans’ Top Priorities for Congress Through the End of the Year
- Report and topline
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Obamacare repeal still tops GOP voters’ to-do lists – September 15, 2017
July 2017
The Public and the Critical Issues Before Congress in the Summer and Fall of 2017
- Report and topline
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Voters don’t like Obamacare repeal, but other issues may sway midterms – July 14, 2017
- Majority of Americans oppose Trump tax plan – July 14, 2017
April 2017
Americans’ Views on Domestic Policies in President Trump’s First 100 Days
- Report and topline
- Deep schisms among voters at the 100 day mark – April 26, 2017
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Majority opposes EPA cuts, Paris pullout – April 26, 2017
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Republicans can’t move beyond Obamacare repeal – April 27, 2017
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Americans favor charter schools – but not at public schools’ expense – May 3, 2017
January 2017
Americans’ Views on Domestic Priorities for President Trump’s First 100 Days
- Report and topline
- Trump voters set own priorities for the first 100 days – January 16, 2017
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Trump voters want to repeal Obamacare immediately – January 16, 2017
- Republicans face headwinds among Trump voters over corporate tax cuts – January 16, 2017
October 2016
The 2016 Election: Clinton vs. Trump Voters on American Health Care
- Report and topline
- “Pulse Check” Podcast with POLITICO’s Dan Diamond
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Obamacare wars outlast Obama – October 26, 2016
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Clinton voters eager to scrap Hyde Amendment – October 26, 2016
September 2016
Americans’ Views on Current Trade and Health Policies
- Report and topline
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Americans say ‘TPP who’? – September 23, 2016
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Amid Trump’s rise, GOP voters turn sharply away from free trade – September 24, 2016
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Americans brace for decade of slow economic growth– September 25, 2016
- POLITICO-Harvard poll: Americans blame drug companies for rising health costs – September 28, 2016