The Penn State Poll is a random telephone survey of 850 Pennsylvanians, 18 years and older, conducted by the Center for Survey Research at Penn State Harrisburg. The Poll is designed to allow organizations with statewide interests to contribute customized questions to the survey while sharing fixed survey costs with other sponsoring organizations. The result is an extremely cost-effective way to poll statewide in Pennsylvania under the aegis of one of the nation's premier research universities.
Sponsors of past Penn State Polls have used the results of the survey to track public policy issues, measure general attitudes, awareness, and knowledge of their organizations, and measure satisfaction with organizational services and performance.