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RESEARCH
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.
All Research
Research Brief
What Have Been the Challenges in Spending Coronavirus Relief Funding?
July 28, 2021
Billions of dollars in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) are beginning to make their way to local governments around the country, but the money comes with strings attached. The administrative requirements mandated by ARPA have compelled some smaller governments to forego the funds entirely due to a lack of capacity.
Research Report
Local Priorities for Infrastructure: What Do Local Governments Want?
June 15, 2021
What do local government policymakers want in a new infrastructure bill? CivicPulse surveyed over 400 local government officials to ask the infrastructure priorities for their local communities. The survey showed strong support for the inclusion of funding for roads, water, electricity, and broadband. In contrast, support for mass transit was limited to larger cities, and support for clean energy was highly divided by partisanship.
Research Brief
What’s the Most Pressing Issue in Local Government in 2021?
May 25, 2021
In a year where businesses had to shut their doors, millions of Americans hunkered down at home, and many took to the streets in a variety of protests, we wanted to see how the priorities of local elected officials had been shaped by these events.
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