Monthly Polls: Politics is a survey dataset from the Indian Institute of Public Opinion, Ltd. (Gallup). The data likely contains public opinion on the most important national problems, government performance ratings, voting intentions, and attitudes toward political parties. The record was last updated on May 21, 2026.
Use Cases
- Modeling voting intention based on attitudes toward parties and government handling of issues.
- Analyzing public priorities by tracking the 'most important problem facing country/self' over time.
- Studying party coalitions and voter preferences using data on opposition party coalitions and best leader for specific roles.
Strengths
- Data is collected by a named, established institution (Indian Institute of Public Opinion, Ltd. (Gallup)).
- Description lists specific survey topics, including 48 attitude variables about parties and 16 variables on opposition coalitions.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Indian Institute of Public Opinion, Ltd. (Gallup)
- Collection Method
- Likely contains data gathered via public opinion surveys.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-21 06:10:17; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Likely India, based on the authoring organization.