The Gallup Arizona Poll captured a realistic and contemporary picture of attitudes and beliefs—what people think about life in Arizona communities and what they want for the future. The 2010 Arizona Civic Health Index captures an equally realistic picture of individual behavior, how people participate in Arizona's civic life—and to what extent.

This section of the report describes Arizona's performance on an array of measures used by the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) and its partners to benchmark civic health in America. Civic health is dened by NCoC as a broad composite of activities that include actions that inuence government and actions that build community. Both are essential characteristics of a democratic society that is resilient and sustainable in the 21st century.