Civic Signal Local Government Survey

Civic Signal is trying to understand how people interact with their local government (city, town, county, school board, civic association, HOA, a local rep, etc).

Estimated time: 5-10 mins

In the last couple of years, did you try to get in touch with anyone in your local government about anything?
Examples (but not limited to this): an email, a phone call, a form on a website, a 311 report, showing up at a meeting, stopping someone in person, messaging a council member.
i.e. how did you work out who to contact? What did you send or say? What happened after that? And did you hear back?
Think of a time you had something worth raising locally and didn't raise it — or thought about getting in touch and let it go. Which of these applies?
When you've needed something from a place like that, how often have you felt each of these?
Like I needed someone's permission before I could even ask
Like my opinion wasn't really wanted there
Like nobody registered I was there at all
Like I'd be misunderstood if I tried to explain it
Like I didn't have the time to see it through
Like it was no problem at all — I just asked
i.e. “googled it”, “asked AI”, or “gave up” or “asked my neighbour”
Check what applies. I used:
Thank you!