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2024 State of Advocacy Survey

Welcome to the 2024 State of Advocacy Survey for industry professionals, our annual temperature check on where the industry is from one year to the next. Thank you in advance for your time; your responses are important to us.

This survey will take approximately 5-7 minutes to complete. Responses are completely anonymous but if you’d like to enter* to win one of five $50 Amazon gift cards, you can provide your email address at the end of the survey. Winners will be contacted by December 1.

About Your Work

Let's start with a few questions about your day-to-day role and the challenges of your job.

1. What are your biggest concerns in your day-to-day job? *This question is required.

Team size is too small
Impacts of the U.S. presidential election cycle
Fear of losing my job
Other - Please specify Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

2. What tools do you use to do your job? (Check all that apply) *This question is required.

Advocacy platform (i.e., VoterVoice)
CRM software (i.e., Salesforce)
Newsletter software (i.e. Constant Contact)
Fundraising software
State industry boards

News subscription
U.S. legislative and regulatory tracker (i.e., FiscalNote, CQ)
Reporting tools
Other - Please specify Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

3. How many hours per week do you spend:

Space Cell	0-5 hours	6-10 hours	11-15 hours	16-20 hours	21-25 hours	26+ hours
Writing email content for advocacy campaigns	Writing email content for advocacy campaigns: 0-5 hours	Writing email content for advocacy campaigns: 6-10 hours	Writing email content for advocacy campaigns: 11-15 hours	Writing email content for advocacy campaigns: 16-20 hours	Writing email content for advocacy campaigns: 21-25 hours	Writing email content for advocacy campaigns: 26+ hours
Building and executing advocacy campaigns	Building and executing advocacy campaigns: 0-5 hours	Building and executing advocacy campaigns: 6-10 hours	Building and executing advocacy campaigns: 11-15 hours	Building and executing advocacy campaigns: 16-20 hours	Building and executing advocacy campaigns: 21-25 hours	Building and executing advocacy campaigns: 26+ hours
Crafting talking points for supporters to use	Crafting talking points for supporters to use: 0-5 hours	Crafting talking points for supporters to use: 6-10 hours	Crafting talking points for supporters to use: 11-15 hours	Crafting talking points for supporters to use: 16-20 hours	Crafting talking points for supporters to use: 21-25 hours	Crafting talking points for supporters to use: 26+ hours
Managing ads and social media	Managing ads and social media: 0-5 hours	Managing ads and social media: 6-10 hours	Managing ads and social media: 11-15 hours	Managing ads and social media: 16-20 hours	Managing ads and social media: 21-25 hours	Managing ads and social media: 26+ hours
Researching lawmakers’ positions on policy you’re following	Researching lawmakers’ positions on policy you’re following: 0-5 hours	Researching lawmakers’ positions on policy you’re following: 6-10 hours	Researching lawmakers’ positions on policy you’re following: 11-15 hours	Researching lawmakers’ positions on policy you’re following: 16-20 hours	Researching lawmakers’ positions on policy you’re following: 21-25 hours	Researching lawmakers’ positions on policy you’re following: 26+ hours
Reporting on your work	Reporting on your work: 0-5 hours	Reporting on your work: 6-10 hours	Reporting on your work: 11-15 hours	Reporting on your work: 16-20 hours	Reporting on your work: 21-25 hours	Reporting on your work: 26+ hours

4. Where are most of your advocacy campaigns focused on?

Space Cell	No focus	Some focus	Major focus
Federal legislation	Federal legislation: No focus	Federal legislation: Some focus	Federal legislation: Major focus
Federal regulation	Federal regulation: No focus	Federal regulation: Some focus	Federal regulation: Major focus
State legislation	State legislation: No focus	State legislation: Some focus	State legislation: Major focus
State regulations	State regulations: No focus	State regulations: Some focus	State regulations: Major focus
Local advocacy	Local advocacy: No focus	Local advocacy: Some focus	Local advocacy: Major focus
School districts	School districts: No focus	School districts: Some focus	School districts: Major focus

5. Which bodies of government do you expect to see shape the advocacy and policy landscape in the next five years? *This question is required.

State
Local
Federal