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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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Research Report

The New Normal Survey: COVID’s Lasting Legacy on Local Government

May 1, 2021
CivicPulse partnered with The Atlas, Engaging Local Government Leaders, CivicPlus, and RouteFifty to survey of local government officials about the lasting impacts of COVID-19 on their governments. Close to 600 survey respondents provided their views on how their government has responded to the pandemic, and what changes are likely to remain.
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Research Brief

Local Governments Plan to Expand Broadband Access

April 27, 2021
Millions of Americans are cut off from high-speed internet – and from crucial parts of society. How are local governments filling the gap?
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Research Report

COVID-19 Relief Funding for Local Government

March 5, 2021
What are the priorities for the new round of relief funding that local governments may receive in 2021? CivicPulse, in collaboration with Stanford University’s Bill Lane Center for the American West, surveyed 494 local government officials to ask about the status of existing COVID-19 relief funding and where future funds might be spent. With new funds on the horizon, local governments are still spending existing funds and see priorities shifting and broadening.
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Academic Papers

American Law Enforcement Responses to COVID-19

March 3, 2021
By Matthew Kugler, Mariana Oliver, Jonathan Chu, and Nathan Lee. Published in Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology Online.
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Research Brief

Who leads local government?

February 25, 2021
Given the central role local government plays in our democracy, it’s remarkable how little work has been done to document who leads these organizations. Through random-sample surveys drawn from the 90,000+ key policymakers who lead these governments, CivicPulse has begun to fill the gap in our knowledge about these individuals.
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