Empire State Poll
Overview
The Empire State Poll (ESP), first launched in 2003, is the first statewide survey of its kind within New York State. Modeled on successful state polls such as the Ohio Buckeye Poll, the Minnesota State Survey, and the Wisconsin Badger Poll, the ESP is specifically designed to provide actionable and quantified data on New York State. The core instrument includes workplace, community, governmental, economic, and special topical issue questions in addition to rotating omnibus modules submitted by researchers. We conduct 800 interviews each spring using a Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) software system.
The ESP survey sample consists of randomly selected households from all listed New York State telephone exchanges. The sampling frame is proportionally split between Upstate and Downstate residents, allowing comparisons between the overall state and these geographic regions. Our participant selection procedures ensure that every household within New York State has an equal chance to be included in the survey, and that once the household is sampled, every adult has an equal chance to be included in the poll.
The ESP has four primary objectives:
- Provide a long-term benchmark of New York State residents' characteristics, attitudes, experiences, and behaviors through the use of an annual core instrument.
- Create an efficient and affordable opportunity for organizations and researchers to survey residents on specific topics within the poll.
- Survey residents annually on newsworthy issues to assess New York State public opinion, and then compare those opinions with the rest of the country using equivalent national public opinion polling data.
- Better understand regional and intra-state differences by surveying 400 Upstate and 400 Downstate New York State residents.
Want to participate or learn more?
To participate, please go to: https://sri.cornell.edu/esp23s
2023 Empire State Poll Timeline:
Action | Responsible Party | Deadline | |
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1. | Submission deadline | Researcher | March 16th, 2023 |
2. | Review and select questions | ILR SRI | April 1st, 2023 |
3. | Question changes due | Researcher | April 15th, 2023 |
4. | Complete required IRB training | Researcher | April 30th, 2023 |
5. | Data collection (full study) | ILR SRI | May 1st - July 1st, 2023 |
6. | Data delivery | ILR SRI | July 15th, 2023 |
For more information contact:
Survey Research Institute
342 Ives East
607.255.1507 (phone)
sri@cornell.edu
Questionnaires & Reports
Please note: some of the questionnaires & reports may take a moment to download.
2020:
- 2020 Questionnaire (844 KB)
- Introduction and Methodology (1011 KB)
2019:
- 2019 Questionnaire (303 KB)
- Introduction and Methodology (184 KB)
2018:
- 2018 Questionnaire (251 KB)
- Introduction and Methodology (183 KB)
2017:
- 2017 Questionnaire (270 KB)
- Introduction and Methodology (268 KB)
2016:
- 2016 Questionnaire (247 KB)
- Introduction and Methodology (267 KB)
2015:
- 2015 Questionnaire (193 KB)
- Introduction and Methodology (299 KB)
- Police Report (296 KB)
2014:
- 2014 Questionnaire (195 KB)
- Introduction and Methodology (299 KB)
2013:
- 2013 Questionnaire (169 KB)
- Introduction and Methodology (284 KB)
- State of New York Over Time (291 KB)
- Natural Gas Drilling (411 KB)
2012:
- 2012 Questionnaire (394 KB)
- Introduction and Methodology (602 KB)
- Natural Gas Drilling (704 KB)
2011:
- 2011 Questionnaire (507 KB)
- Introduction and Methodology (603 KB)
- State of New York Over Time (588 KB)
2010:
- 2010 Questionnaire (227 KB)
- Introduction and Methodology (298 KB)
- State of New York Over Time (330 KB)
- New York State Budget (198 KB)
- Gas Drilling and Medicinal Marijuana (298 KB)
2009:
- 2009 Questionnaire (91 KB)
- Introduction and Methodology (299 KB)
2008:
- 2008 Questionnaire (Ballot One) (346 KB)
- 2008 Questionnaire (Ballot Two) (263 KB)
- Introduction and Methodology (300 KB)
- Empire Poll Results (298 KB)
- Institutional Trust (244 KB)
- ESP 2003 to 2008 (301 KB)
- Contingent valuation analysis of willingness to pay to reduce childhood obesity (238 KB)
2007:
- 2007 Questionnaire (42 KB)
SRI Reports
- Introduction and Methodology (335 KB)
- Empire Poll Results (432 KB)
- Immigration and Community Response (258 KB)
Rural New York Minute - CaRDI
- October 2007: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants: Policy Considerations for New York State
- August 2007: New Yorkers are more optimistic about their personal finances than the State's economic future
- July 2007: Community Issues in New York State: What's Important?
- June 2007: What does "Community" mean to New Yorkers?
- May 2007: Health Care Access in Rural NY: It's not just about having health insurance
- April 2007: New York State Consumers Express Strong Interest in Local Food
- February 2007 : What Issues Are Important to Upstate New Yorkers?
Research and Policy Brief Series
- August 2007: Heats and Animosities: What Rural New Yorkers Think about Local Taxes and Services
- July 2007: School-Based Health Centers in NYS
- May 2007: Farm-to-School Initiatives Gaining Ground in New York State
- March 2007 : New Yorkers' Perceptions of Immigrants and Immigration
- February 2007 : Childhood Obesity: Do New Yorkers Support Policies to Reduce it?
- January 2007 : Terrorism & Residential Location Preferences in New York State
2006:
- 2006 Questionnaire (97 KB)
Reports:
- ESP 2006 Codebook (110 KB)
- Introduction and Methodology (357 KB)
- Economic Well Being (386 KB)
- Social and Political (336 KB)
- ESP 2006 Special Report: Security and Privacy (357 KB)
- Immigration Policy (279 KB)
- Childhood Obesity in NYS (42 KB)
- Wireless Substitution: Preliminary Data from the January-June 2006 National Health Interview Survey (47 KB)
2005:
- 2005 Questionnaire (141 KB)
Reports:
- ESP 2005 Special Report: Revisions to Social Security (224 KB)
- ESP 2005 Special Report: Higher Education Spending in New York State (264 KB)
- Intro & Methodology (368 KB)
- Political, Economic, Social (296 KB)
- Workplace & Labor Issues (266 KB)
- Stem Cell Research in NYS (254 KB)
2004:
- 2004 Questionnaire (955 KB)
Reports:
- Intro & Methodology (354 KB)
- Political, Economic, Social (352 KB)
- Workplace & Labor Issues (351 KB)
- ESP 2004 Results Presentation (389 KB)
2003:
- 2003 Questionnaire (767 KB)
Reports:
- Intro & Methodology (320 KB)
- Executive Summary #1 (313 KB)
- Executive Summary #2 (236 KB)
- Economic & Political Conditions (291 KB)