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What are Surveys & Polls?
Polco’s Surveys & Polls are flexible, easy-to-use tools designed to collect community feedback on a wide range of topics. Whether you're seeking input on major policies, gathering insights on public services, or simply exploring resident preferences on smaller initiatives, Polco’s platform makes it simple to create, distribute, and analyze surveys and polls. With built-in tools for analyzing results based on demographics and geographic areas, local governments can ensure that their surveys produce actionable results tailored to their community's needs.
Key features of our Surveys & Polls
Capture resident insights for smarter decision-making
Customizable surveys and polls
Tailored Survey Creation: Create custom surveys and polls to address specific community issues, from large projects to daily services, with adaptable questions for both quantitative and open-ended feedback.
Flexible Question Types with Conditional Logic: Polco offers various question types, including multiple-choice and free-text, with conditional logic to tailor questions based on respondents' answers.
Mobile-optimized for easy access
Mobile-Friendly Design: Polco’s platform ensures surveys and polls are accessible from any device, allowing residents to participate from their phones, tablets, or computers. This flexibility boosts participation rates by making engagement convenient.
Language Accessibility: Polco supports multiple languages, ensuring that surveys and polls are accessible to non-English-speaking residents. This inclusivity ensures that a more diverse cross-section of the community can participate.
Real-time feedback collection
Advanced Reporting: Polco offers robust analytics tools, allowing governments to generate detailed reports, track trends, and visualize data through graphs, charts, and tables. The data can be segmented by demographics, geography, and other factors.
Quick Pulse Polls: Use short, targeted pulse polls to quickly gauge resident opinions on timely issues, helping decision-makers stay responsive to current concerns.
Secure and anonymous responses
Trusted and Anonymous: Polco ensures that resident responses are secure and can be anonymous if desired, encouraging honest feedback. This builds trust with the community and increases the likelihood of obtaining valuable insights.
Verified Respondents: Verify respondent identities through Polco’s platform to ensure that feedback reflects the views of actual community members, preventing misinformation or external influence.
Comprehensive reporting tools
Visual Data Presentation: Access intuitive reports that break down survey results into easy-to-understand visual summaries, helping decision-makers quickly grasp public opinion and key data points.
Insightful Data for Smarter Decisions: Polco’s reporting provides informative data visualizations to help identify trends and patterns quickly. Detailed breakdowns and filtering options support deeper insights into community feedback, supporting data-driven decision-making tailored for your community.
The benefits of using Polco’s Surveys & Polls
Make data-driven decisions that reflect resident priorities
Higher participation rates
Engage more residents by using mobile-optimized, easy-to-access surveys and polls that fit into people’s busy lives.
Broad community engagement
Use targeted outreach and multi-channel distribution to reach a wide range of voices, ensuring diverse perspectives are heard and considered.
Informed policy decisions
Collect detailed resident feedback to make data-driven decisions that truly reflect community needs and values.
Foster trust and transparency
Encourage open dialogue with your community by providing secure and anonymous feedback opportunities, building trust in the decision-making process.
Fast, real-time insights
Access real-time data that keeps you informed of emerging trends, allowing local governments to act quickly on pressing issues.
Why you need Polco's Surveys & Polls
Understanding what your community thinks and values is essential for creating policies and services that align with resident needs. Polco’s Surveys & Polls provide a simple yet powerful way to engage your residents, gather valuable feedback, and build stronger connections between local government and the public. The ability to create customized, mobile-friendly surveys that reach specific demographics ensures high-quality responses, allowing decision-makers to confidently shape future plans based on real community input.
Polco's platform doesn’t just provide data—it enables governments to listen to their residents in real time, fostering transparency, trust, and accountability. By regularly collecting feedback and analyzing results, you can ensure that your decisions reflect the community’s evolving priorities and make informed choices that drive positive change.