Understand Opinions on Capitol Hill

For over a decade, Harris Interactive’s Congressional Omnibus has offered organizations a bipartisan, in-depth, scientific analysis of what Congress thinks on a wide-ranging set of topics. Harris Interactive’s government team has deep experience with and understanding of Capitol Hill providing additional insights that can make a significant difference for your organization.

Participating on the Congressional Omnibus is a proven way to:

• Obtain inexpensive, measurable data about attitudes on Capitol Hill, track how those attitudes change over time, and compare them to the attitudes held by the general public.
• Assess favorability toward corporate or trade association activities or issue positions—for both you and your competitors.
• Measure prevailing attitudes and perceptions on legislative issues of importance to your organization.
• Assess congressional awareness of and reaction to your communications or advocacy activities.

Thanks to the team’s analytical abilities and experience in government, the Congressional Omnibus gives you reliable analysis of Congressional attitudes toward your interests. More importantly, you’ll also gain an understanding of the factors that shape those attitudes, helping you better position your organization or issue with legislators.

Survey Methodology

We interview 100 senior staff members and aides, representing approximately one in five Capitol Hill offices. The result of the survey is a representative sample of congressional offices by chamber, party and tenure. Types of questions are as follows.

Core Questions

All clients get these results for free, and these findings are tracked over time in order to provide an historical perspective.

• Time of conflict/cooperation between Republicans and Democrats
• Time of conflict/cooperation between Congress and the Administration
• Direction the United States is heading

Understand Opinions

Other questions which many clients use to track and monitor Congressional opinions over time include:

• "Thermometer" favorability rating toward the organization or company
• Awareness and knowledge of an organization’s issues and positions

Schedule

The Congressional Omnibus is offered two times a year, generally in February after committee assignments are made and either at the end of September (in non-election years), as Congress returns and begins to act on remaining legislative issues for that session or in June before summer recess (in election years).

Interviewing takes a minimum of twelve weeks, and full cross-tabulations are ready three days after the last day of interviewing. Information on the study objectives and methodology is also provided.

How to Participate

Each closed-end question on the Congressional Omnibus costs $2500; open-ends cost $5000. Grid and custom questions are priced on an individual basis. In addition, you receive the results of background and demographic questions for free. All of your survey question results are cross-tabulated against relevant demographics in order to help you understand the important dimensions underlying opinions. Confidentiality is strictly maintained. You, and no one else, will have exclusive access to your questions, data, and analysis.

Contact Us

For more details on Congressional Omnibus and the Government Research Practice contact us at info@harrisinteractive.com or call 877.919.4765.