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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
Laughing Work Colleagues
Diversity and
Representation
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Technology and
Innovation

All Research

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Research Brief

Where are local governments prioritizing their elders?

February 25, 2022
There are regional differences in the degree to which local policymakers report prioritizing the needs of older Americans.
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Research Brief

Is honesty the best policy? How local policymakers communicate Covid risks

January 31, 2022
Local policymakers think it is more acceptable to overstate than understate Covid risks, but most are committed to the unvarnished truth.
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Research Brief

The digital divide between small towns and big cities

December 29, 2021
While the pandemic has accelerated the deployment of digital technologies in government, smaller local communities are being left behind.
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Academic Papers

Listening to the people: politicians’ investment in monitoring public opinion and their beliefs about accountability

December 11, 2021
By Karolin Soontjens and Stefaan Walgrave. Published in Journal of Legislative Studies.
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Academic Papers

Republicans are more optimistic about economic mobility, but no less accurate

December 2, 2021
By Matt Grossmann, Kayla Hamann, Jennifer Lee, Gabrielle Levy, Brendan Nyhan and Victor Wu. Published in Research and Politics.
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