During its long history, The Field Poll has acquired a national reputation as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of public opinion trends in the state.
News stories quoting The Field Poll appear regularly in national and state media.
References to findings derived from the poll appear in hundreds of published works by scholars, political and social writers. The Field Poll produces approximately 40 to 60 reports each year on social, political and economic issues. Media sponsors are supplied carefully prepared summary reports on the issues covered. Included in each report is a fact sheet which describes how the data were collected with suggestions on how they should be presented by the media. This is designed to insure uniform presentation, to minimize possible misunderstandings or misinterpretations of the data and to make proper disclosures of methods and technical procedures.