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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.

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Democracy and
Elections
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Energy and
Environment
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Diversity and
Representation
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Technology and
Innovation

All Research

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Research Brief

Unique challenges of economic development in small-town governments

June 29, 2022
Limitations to staffing and broadband access increase urban-rural inequities in local governments’ ability to recruit businesses.
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Research Report

Representation of Women in Local Government Financial Leadership

June 5, 2022
New data release of the gender composition of the top finance/budgeting officials in over 21,000
local governments shows women are well represented in this important leadership position.
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Research Brief

Quality of life top priority for local policymakers in making zoning decisions

May 27, 2022
Local policymakers tend to prioritize quality of life even above economic growth when making zoning decisions.
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Academic Papers

Are Subnational Policymakers' Policy Preferences Nationalized? Evidence from Surveys of Township, Municipal, County, and State Officials

May 27, 2022
By Nathan Lee, Michelangelo Landgrave, and Kirk Bansak. Published in Legislative Studies Quarterly.
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Research Brief

Dismal levels of media coverage of local government board meetings

April 30, 2022
Nearly half of all local governing board meetings in the United States receive no journalistic coverage.
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