Projects and Clients
The Floyd Institute's Center For Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College provides research services, technical assistance and training to government agencies, private corporations, professional associations, the media and other organizations. The Center is a resource for those seeking objective information about the major issues and problems facing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its citizens.
The information produced by the Center has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the Harrisburg Patriot, the Christian Science Monitor, Business Week, National Public Radio, CNN, ABC News and CBS News, to name a few.
The Center also conducts the Keystone Poll for the Harrisburg Patriot News, Philadelphia Daily News and Fox 29 Philadelphia four times each year. The Keystone Poll is the state's most respected preelection/public policy survey.
List of Clients
Clients Served: September 1994 - June 2004
Government Organizations
Centers for Disease Control, Office of Smoking and Health
Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Juvenile Court Judges Commission
Lancaster City Police
Lancaster County Drug & Alcohol Commission
Lower Merion Township
Massachusetts Department of Health
Mt. Joy Township
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency
Pennsylvania Department of Auditor General
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Pennsyvania Department of Health
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Pennsylvania Economy League
Pennsylvania IMPAAC Commission
Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
Pennsylvania School Reform Network
TeamPennsylvania
Upper Merion Township
York County Court
Business
Hershey Foods
TCI Communications
Utilities Employees Credit Union
Wheatland Federal Credit Union
Medical and Health Services
Anesthesia Associates of York
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
BlueCross BlueShield Association
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Holy Spirit Hospital
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Main Line Health System
Pennsylvania BlueShield
Sun Home Health
WellSpan Health
Media
CN8 - The Comcast Network
Fox 29 Philadelphia
Harrisburg Patriot
KYW-TV3
Lancaster New Era
Patriot News
Philadelphia Daily News
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
WGAL-TV8
WITF-TV
WTAE
Non Profit Organizations
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Commonwealth Foundation
Community Action Association of Pennsylvania
Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
Lancaster Foundation for Educational Enrichment
Metropolitan Philadelphia Policy Center
Octoraro Watershed Association
Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities
Pennsylvania Builders Association
Pennsylvania Business Roundtable
Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
Pennsylvania Economy League
Pennsylvanians for Effective Government
Pennsylvania Highway Information Association
Pennsylvania Partners
Pennsylvania Petroleum Association
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Pennsylvania 2000
Professional Insurance Agents Association
Public Agenda Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition
United States Composting Council
United Way of the Capital Region
United Way of Lancaster County
Urban League of Lancaster
Universities
Bloomsburg University
Franklin & Marshall College
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Lock Haven University
Millersville University
Penn State University
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Shippensburg University
SUNY, Stonybrook
