Benchmarking Report: Survey of Local Elected Officials on Threats and Harassment - Q3 2023

The results of the first four rounds of the BDI-CivicPulse survey of 1,400 local elected officials offer sobering observations on the rate at which local leaders are experiencing insults, harassment, threats, and physical attacks for the preceding 12 months. This research is produced as part of an ongoing joint project launched by BDI and CivicPulse in August 2022 to conduct quarterly national surveys of local officials on their experiences facing threats and harassment. These quarterly updates allow us to identify spikes or shifts in hostility and monitor important trends in threats and harassment as we enter the 2024 election cycle.