Akron Decides

• May 2023 Post Election Poll - Registered Voters in Akron were asked to share their thoughts and opinions about the recent election for the Mayor of Akron.
• April 2023 Horse Race Poll - Registered Voters in Akron who described themselves as likely to vote were asked to share their thoughts and plans for voting in the upcoming May primary for the Mayor of Akron. 
• Akron Decides Poll - Akron residents were asked to voice their expectations of the next mayor of their city. 

These polls were conducted by the Center for Marketing and Opinion Research.  The Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics helped sponsor the polls.

View All Poll Results Here 

Polls/Surveys

• Political Polarization in Ohio: 2022 Election - Presented by Dr. John Green (Apr. 28, 2022) | Report| PowerPoint | Video
• Party Control in the 2022 Election | Report
• Your Vote Ohio Poll (Summer 2020) - A joint project of Your Vote Ohio and the Bliss Institute | Findings and Stories
• University of Akron Bliss Institute Poll (Baseline for the 2018 Election): Poll finds voters nearly evenly divided in partisan terms as the 2018 campaign enters it final weeks. See the highlights or download the full report (PDF).
• Humanist Survey (2018): Survey Results 
• 2016 Election Polls
  • Clinton leads, but Democrats want Biden to run (Aug. 5, 2015): Poll Findings
  • Strong support for Trump among republican primary voters (Aug. 4, 2015): Poll Findings
  • 2015 Ohio Presidential Politics (Akron Buckeye Poll): Poll Findings
  • 2015 Ohio Ballot Issues (Akron Buckeye Poll): Poll Findings
• Tea Party Research (Oct. 2011): Survey Findings
• Cleveland Plain Dealer Opinion Survey (Oct. 2011): Poll Findings
• American Humanist Survey (Dec. 2011): Survey Findings

Book Archive

• Buckeye Battleground, copyrighted (2011) and posted by permission of The University of Akron Press.
• Elections of 2000, copyrighted (2006) and posted by permission of The University of Akron Press.
• Machine Politics, Sound Bites and Nostalgia, copyrighted (1993) and posted by permission of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• Multiparty Politics in America (First Edition), copyrighted (1997) and posted by permission of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• Multiparty Politics in America (Second Edition), copyrighted (2002) and posted by permission of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• Politics, Professionalism and Power, copyrighted (1994) and posted by permission of University Press of America, Inc.
• Representing Interests and Interest Group Representation, copyrighted (1994) and posted by permission of University Press of America, Inc.
• The State of the Parties (First Edition), copyrighted (1994) and posted by permission of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• The State of the Parties (Second Edition), copyrighted (1996) and posted by permission of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• The State of the Parties (Third Edition), copyrighted (1999) and posted by permission of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• The State of the Parties (Fourth Edition), copyrighted (2003) and posted by permission of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• The State of the Parties (Fifth Edition), copyrighted (2007) and posted by permission of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• The State of the Parties (Sixth Edition), copyrighted (2011) and posted by permission of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• The State of the Parties (Seventh Edition), copyrighted (2014) and posted by permission of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• The State of the Parties 2018 (Eighth Edition), copyrighted (2018) and posted by permission of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.