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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
Who leads local government?
February 24, 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.
Partner Report
American Democracy at the Start of the Biden Presidency
February 20, 2021
Bright Line Watch partnered with CivicPulse to survey 212 local government policymakers from across the country on election confidence to see whether local officials — who played a key role in the 2020 election — were more confident in the integrity of the electoral system than the general public.
Research Brief
What type of revenue makes a local government most resilient to the pandemic recession?
January 28, 2021
In our previous report based on a May 2020 survey of U.S. local elected officials, we had found that 91% of local governments expected a decline in revenue, with an average expected annual decline of 21.9%. Are there specific sources of revenue that may be particularly resilient to the pandemic?
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