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RESEARCH
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CivicPulse is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization generating data and insights about a wide range of issues faced by local and state governments in the United States. Our nationally representative survey panels include elected officials, department heads, and civil service staff representing town, city, county, and state governments across America.

Research Programs

While CivicPulse's surveys and analyses cover a wide range of topics, we bring particular attention to four research programs. For a fuller list of topics CivicPulse has previously covered, please see the topics dropdown in the “All Research” section below.

Election Day
Democracy and
Elections
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Energy and
Environment
Laughing Work Colleagues
Diversity and
Representation
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Technology and
Innovation

All Research

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Academic Papers

Policymakers' engagement with ethicists to improve public health in the United States

August 21, 2025
To determine how policymakers interact with bioethicists, their interest in future engagement, and their motivation and hesitations to do so.
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Academic Papers

Americans and policymakers underestimate endorsement for the most popular climate solution narrative, combining personal and political action

July 4, 2025
A wide variety of existing narratives describe how we might address climate change. Which of these approaches is popular among the American public? Do the general public and their elected officials accurately perceive which climate solutions are popular?
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Academic Papers

Policymaker Responses to CEO Activism

July 3, 2025
CEOs increasingly engage in activism on controversial social and political issues, such as police reform, LGBTQ+ rights, and gun control, to influence the behavior of policymakers.
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Research Brief

Ideological Balance Among Local Government Boards

June 30, 2025
Given the well-known division between large “blue” cities and rural “red” towns, there are more local communities in the US led by ideologically mixed boards than you might think.
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Research Brief

Coastal Officials Show Varied Levels of Concern Over Sea Rise

June 30, 2025
Proactive measures to address potential sea level rise by 2050 vary widely depending on officials’ levels of concern.
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