About the UMass Polls

The University of Massachusetts Poll has surveyed Massachusetts public opinion since 1996. The surveys are designed to provide policy makers, the media and the general public with regular reports about public and voter opinion on a wide variety of public policy issues. Its quarterly polls include public perspectives on education, health care, and the economy, as well as political matters. It also conducts biannual surveys of Massachusetts CEOs about economic issues and other specialty surveys on a periodic basis.

About MEAAP

The Massachusetts Economic Assessment and Analysis Project (MEAAP) is managed jointly by the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies at UMass Boston and the Center for Economic and Civic Opinion at UMass Lowell. It was created by the Economic Stimulus Bill of 2003 (Chapter 141 of the Acts of 2003) to assess the performance of the programs created under the legislation and the performance of the Massachusetts economy in general. More about MEAAP can be found at www.MassEconomy.org.