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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
WIne Turbines
Energy and
Environment
Laughing Work Colleagues
Diversity and
Representation
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Technology and
Innovation

All Research

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Academic Papers

Local News and the Electoral Incentive to Invest in Infrastructure

October 20, 2022
By Megan Mullin and Katy Hansen. Published in American Political Science Review.
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Partner Report

Meeting Demand for State and Local Public Finance Jobs

September 30, 2022
This report from GFOA and Lightcast assesses the state of public sector finance employment. The report draws on demographic benchmarking of local government financial leadership conducted by CivicPulse earlier this year.
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Research Brief

Insights on authenticity and burnout from local government executives

September 29, 2022
Emotional authenticity may be a key component of avoiding burnout in local government.
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Research Brief

Understanding the value of benchmarking for local governments

August 25, 2022
While some challenges local governments face are unique to their particular communities, many are ones being experienced across the...
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Academic Papers

Barriers to water infrastructure investment: Findings from a survey of U.S. local elected officials

August 14, 2022
By Katy Hansen and Megan Mullin. Published in PLOS Water.
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