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2022 Menino Survey

The 2022 Menino Survey of Mayors represents the ninth nationally representative survey of American mayors and is based on interviews with 118 sitting mayors from 38 states. The 2022 Survey explores mayoral views on climate and energy, poverty and rising costs of living, and health and safety. The Survey continues in 2022 with the support of The Rockefeller Foundation.

Mayors and the Climate Crisis

The first set of findings from the 2022 Survey explores mayors’ current views on local climate action, focusing on their beliefs about the underlying issues and threats, their sense of the tools they have at their disposal, and their enthusiasm for using them.

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Economic Opportunity, Poverty & Well-Being

The second and final set of findings from the 2022 Survey analyzes mayors’ views on key economic challenges – including poverty and the rising cost of living – and tools they can use at the local level. It also investigates what mayors perceive to be the main public health and public safety challenges in their communities.

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