Pew Research Center for The People & The Press. We are an independent opinion research group, sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts, that studies attitudes toward the press, politics, and public policy issues.
http://people-press.org

The Gallup Organization World Wide Web Server. George Gallup founded his polling organization in the United States in the 1930s, and the Gallup Poll is now an international institution. This site permits you to retrieve some results from the latest political polls.
http://www.gallup.com

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. Located at the University of Connecticut, this center was founded by Elmo Roper, a contemporary of George Gallup. This site offers a powerful question-retrieval system, but you will need access to the Lexis/Nexis subscription service to use it. Some colleges subscribe to that service.
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu

ABC News Reports. This site offers text files to view and new reports in Real-Audio format so that you can listen to contemporary news, old news, Peter Jennings's commentary, and more.
http://www.abcnews.com

CNN Interactive. News and video from an international media leader.
http://www.cnn.com

PBS Online. This site provides a gateway to various PBS programs, including a button to the Online NewsHour,a page based on the comprehensive television evening news program hosted by Jim Lehrer. The page also covers stories in depth, usually involving interviews with key actors in politics.
http://www.pbs.org

The Washington Post and The Washington Times, two papers serving the nation's capital, both have excellent sites illustrating editorial page slants from the left and the right, respectively.
http://www.washingtonpost.com and http://www.washingtontimes.com