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Sean McElwee

Former Policy Analyst
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Oregon's AVR Increased Diversity in 2016 Electoral Participation Across All Age Groups

Blog
August 28, 2017
Sean McElwee

A Higher Minimum Wage Has Broad Appeal

Blog
August 3, 2017
Sean McElwee

Young Voters Will Pull Democrats To The Left

Blog
July 31, 2017
Sean McElwee
Issues
Economic Justice
Regulation & Financial Reform
Research

Court Cash: 2016 Election Money Resulting Directly From Supreme Court Rulings

Research
March 14, 2017
Adam Lioz
Juhem Navarro-Rivera
Sean McElwee

Whose Voice, Whose Choice? The Distorting Influence of the Political Donor Class in Our Big-Money Elections

Research
December 8, 2016
Sean McElwee
Brian Schaffner
Jesse Rhodes

Miami-Dade's White Donor Class: How Big Donors Distort Democracy

Research
September 13, 2016
Sean McElwee

Enough to Make You Sick: The Burden of Medical Debt

Research
August 15, 2016
Sean McElwee

Miami-Dade’s Donor Class: Black Political Participation in Miami-Dade

Research
July 6, 2016
Sean McElwee

D.C.’s White Donor Class: Outsized Influence in a Diverse City

Research
June 23, 2016
Sean McElwee

How Chicago's White Donor Class Distorts City Policy

Research
April 28, 2016
Sean McElwee

Bad Credit Shouldn't Block Employment: How to Make State Bans on Employment Credit Checks More Effective

Research
February 25, 2016
Amy Traub
Sean McElwee

Why Voting Matters

Research
September 16, 2015
Sean McElwee

Despite a Raise, Walmart Wages & Schedules Still Aren’t Livable

Research
September 16, 2015
Amy Traub
Sean McElwee

Retail Politics

Research
November 24, 2014
Catherine Ruetschlin
Sean McElwee

Why the Voting Gap Matters

Research
October 23, 2014
Sean McElwee

Do Corporations & Unions Face the Same Rules for Political Spending?

Research
July 23, 2014
Liz Kennedy
Sean McElwee
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Policy Briefs

Oregon Automatic Voter Registration

Policy Briefs
July 26, 2017
Sean McElwee
Brian Schaffner
Jesse Rhodes
In the media

How Oregon Increased Voter Turnout More Than Any Other State

In the media
July 27, 2017
Sean McElwee
Brian Schaffner
Jesse Rhodes

Democrats need to win over young voters. Here's how they can do that

In the media
June 19, 2017
Sean McElwee
Causten E. Rodriguez-Wollerman

Why did Trump win? More whites — and fewer blacks — actually voted.

In the media
May 8, 2017
Sean McElwee
Bernard L. Fraga
Jesse Rhodes
Brian Schaffner

Economic Anxiety Didn’t Make People Vote Trump, Racism Did

In the media
May 8, 2017
Sean McElwee
Jason McDaniel

The voting rights issue no one talks about: Ending the disenfranchisement of felons will strengthen democracy

In the media
April 2, 2017
Sean McElwee

Does California Hold the Key to Progressive Success?

In the media
March 31, 2017
Sean McElwee
Matt McDermott
William Jordan

SCOTUS makes it rain: Most of the big money behind the 2016 election directly resulted from Supreme Court decisions

In the media
March 14, 2017
Sean McElwee
Adam Lioz
Juhem Navarro-Rivera

Fear of Diversity Made People More Likely to Vote Trump

In the media
March 14, 2017
Sean McElwee
Jason McDaniel

As Democrats turn their attention to 2018, getting “marginal voters” to turn out will be crucial

In the media
February 5, 2017
Sean McElwee

How to Work With Trump? Big Resistance (Really Big, The Biggest Ever)

In the media
January 20, 2017
Sean McElwee

Combating racism is crucial to revitalizing American politics: It’s not easy, but it can be done

In the media
December 25, 2016
Sean McElwee

Latino voters will reshape American politics as we know it — and here’s the proof

In the media
December 18, 2016
Sean McElwee
Spencer Piston

How Big is the Gap Between the Donor Class and Ordinary Americans? Bigger Than You Think.

In the media
December 15, 2016
Sean McElwee
Jesse Rhodes
Brian Schaffner

The Truth About the White Working Class: Why It's Allergic to Voting for Democrats

In the media
November 29, 2016
Sean McElwee

Race Remains the Great Divider: Even Rich People of Color Are Unlikely to Support Republicans

In the media
November 20, 2016
Sean McElwee

Wealthy Whites' Unequal Voice in Miami: Another Case for Public Financing Systems

In the media
September 18, 2016
Sean McElwee

They Have the Money and the Political Power: Wealthy Whites are More Represented than People of Color

In the media
August 29, 2016
Sean McElwee

White Kids Aren't Buying the Politics of Racial Resentment

In the media
May 11, 2016
Sean McElwee

How a Tiny Sliver of the Population Pays for Local Elections

In the media
April 28, 2016
Sean McElwee

Millennials Are Significantly More Progressive Than Their Parents

In the media
March 24, 2016
Sean McElwee

America's Disturbing Voter-Turnout Crisis

In the media
March 19, 2016
Sean McElwee

Employers Are Using Credit Checks Against Otherwise Qualified Workers. Here\xD5s What We Can Do About It.

In the media
March 6, 2016
Sean McElwee
Amy Traub

No, Jeb Bush's Failed Campaign Doesn't Mean Citizens United Doesn't Matter

In the media
February 24, 2016
Sean McElwee

Here's What You Need to Know About Voter ID Laws in 2016

In the media
February 22, 2016
Sean McElwee

Here’s What You Need to Know about Voter ID Laws in 2016

In the media
February 20, 2016
Sean McElwee

Racism Undermines Support for Government Spending

In the media
February 16, 2016
Sean McElwee

Don't Believe the Wal-Mart Hype: Here's Proof it Still Isn't Paying its Workers Enough

In the media
January 30, 2016
Sean McElwee
Amy Traub

How the One Percent is Systematically Destroying the Middle Class

In the media
January 25, 2016
Sean McElwee

Inequality is Destroying the Middle Class

In the media
January 25, 2016
Sean McElwee

The Unbearable Whiteness of Money in Politics

In the media
January 24, 2016
Sean McElwee

Politicians Respond Overwhelmingly to the Rich

In the media
January 24, 2016
Sean McElwee

A Lot of Young Seem to Think We're Already Living in a Post-Sexist America

In the media
January 4, 2016
Sean McElwee

The Truth about the White Working Class

In the media
November 29, 2015
Sean McElwee

Higher Voter Turnout Could Limit the Far Right

In the media
November 17, 2015
Sean McElwee

Higher voter turnout could limit the far right

In the media
November 16, 2015
Sean McElwee

One Big Reason Congress Ignores the Poor: They Don't Vote

In the media
October 2, 2015
Sean McElwee

One Big Reason Congress Ignores the Poor: They Don't Vote

In the media
September 24, 2015
Sean McElwee

Don't Believe the Wal-Mart Hype

In the media
September 19, 2015
Sean McElwee
Amy Traub

If Anyone Ever Tells You Your Vote Doesn't Matter, Show them This

In the media
September 15, 2015
Sean McElwee

The Education Myth

In the media
September 9, 2015
Sean McElwee

America’s Silent-but-Deadly Billionaires

In the media
September 4, 2015
Sean McElwee

The 1 Percent's Twisted Games: How They're Distorting Reality and Diluting Democracy

In the media
July 27, 2015
Sean McElwee

Most Americans Don't Vote in Elections. Here's Why

In the media
July 27, 2015
Sean McElwee

Inequality Is a Disease, Voter Turnout the Cure

In the media
July 1, 2015
Sean McElwee

Hillary Clinton's Revolutionary Idea: The Election Reforms That Could Heal American Democracy

In the media
June 15, 2015
Sean McElwee

Why Universal Voter Registration Matters

In the media
June 5, 2015
Sean McElwee

How the Prison-Industrial Complex Is Corrupting American Elections

In the media
May 26, 2015
Sean McElwee

In 2016, Democrats Need to Embrace Obamacare

In the media
May 14, 2015
Sean McElwee

How To Create a More Progressive America

In the media
May 11, 2015
Sean McElwee

Three Ways Inequality is Making Life Worse for Everyone

In the media
May 6, 2015
Sean McElwee

In a Case Very Few Are Discussing the Supreme Court Could Hugely Increase the Racial Wealth Gap

In the media
May 4, 2015
Sean McElwee

Voter Supression Isn't Over

In the media
May 4, 2015
Sean McElwee

For the Effects of Voting, Look to Policy, Not Elections

In the media
April 28, 2015
Sean McElwee

Unions Still Matter

In the media
April 20, 2015
Sean McElwee

The Hidden Racism of Young White Americans

In the media
March 24, 2015
Sean McElwee

If Everyone Voted, Progressives Would Win

In the media
March 17, 2015
Sean McElwee

How the Supreme Court Is About to Explode America’s Racial Wealth Gap

In the media
March 14, 2015
Sean McElwee
Catherine Ruetschlin

The Myth Destroying America: Why Social Mobility Is Beyond Ordinary People’s Control

In the media
March 7, 2015
Sean McElwee

Our Election System’s Anti-Minority Bias Is Even Worse Than You Think

In the media
March 1, 2015
Sean McElwee

The Rich Own Our Democracy, New Evidence Suggests

In the media
February 16, 2015
Sean McElwee

One Big Reason for Voter Turnout Decline and Income Inequality: Smaller Unions

In the media
January 30, 2015
Sean McElwee

The True Cost of Citizens United: The Roberts Court’s Darkest Hour Revisited

In the media
January 25, 2015
Liz Kennedy
Sean McElwee

The Income Gap at the Polls

In the media
January 13, 2015
Sean McElwee

When Retailers Shop the Season Doesn't End at Christmas

In the media
November 28, 2014
Sean McElwee
Catherine Ruetschlin

Black People, White Government

In the media
October 30, 2014
Sean McElwee

5 Ways Life in America Would Be Better If Everyone Voted

In the media
October 29, 2014
Sean McElwee

The Threat of Just-in-time Scheduling

In the media
August 7, 2014
Sean McElwee

The SEC Should Shine a Light on Dark Political Donations from Corporations

In the media
July 24, 2014
Liz Kennedy
Sean McElwee

How Thomas Piketty and Elizabeth Warren Demolished the Conventional Wisdom on Debt

In the media
June 24, 2014
Sean McElwee

You Can Blame Student Debt for America's Inequality and Shrinking Middle Class

In the media
June 16, 2014
Sean McElwee

How Ordinary Americans Can Influence Policy – No Super PAC Required

In the media
June 10, 2014
Sean McElwee

You Can Blame Student Debt for America’s Inequality and Shrinking Middle Class

In the media
May 20, 2014
Mark Heulsman
Sean McElwee

How Thomas Piketty and Elizabeth Warren Demolished the Conventional Wisdom on Debt

In the media
May 18, 2014
Sean McElwee

The Rise of Rentier Capitalism

In the media
May 9, 2014
Sean McElwee
Wallace C. Turbeville

The Ultimate Guide to Shutting Down Conservative Anti-Piketty Hysteria

In the media
May 4, 2014
Sean McElwee

What If Economic Growth Is No Longer Possible in the 21st Century?

In the media
March 20, 2014
Sean McElwee
Lew Daly

Natural Gas Will Not Save the U.S. Economy

In the media
March 7, 2014
Lew Daly
Sean McElwee

Beware of the Carbon Bubble

In the media
December 23, 2013
Sean McElwee
Lew Daly
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Blog

Oregon's AVR Increased Diversity in 2016 Electoral Participation Across All Age Groups

Blog
August 28, 2017
Sean McElwee

A Higher Minimum Wage Has Broad Appeal

Blog
August 3, 2017
Sean McElwee

Young Voters Will Pull Democrats To The Left

Blog
July 31, 2017
Sean McElwee

The Role of Voter Suppression in the 2016 Election

Blog
June 5, 2017
Sean McElwee

The Minimum Wage is a Winning Policy

Blog
May 16, 2017
Sean McElwee

Voter Suppression Works

Blog
May 9, 2017
Sean McElwee

How Racism Helped Trump & Halts Progressive Policy

Blog
April 13, 2017
Sean McElwee

New Research Findings: People Who Say Society Is Too Politically Correct Tend Not to Have Experienced Discrimination

Blog
June 1, 2016
Natalia Khosla
Sean McElwee

Jeb Bush Dropped Out, But Money Still Matters in Politics

Blog
February 24, 2016
Sean McElwee

How the Overwhelmingly White Donor Class Stops Action on Climate Change

Blog
December 17, 2015
Sean McElwee

The Demographic Divides In Voter Turnout

Blog
December 11, 2015
Sean McElwee

New Data On How the Donor Class Stops Gun Control

Blog
December 7, 2015
Sean McElwee

The Rise of Big Donors Marks the Economic Decline of Everyone Else

Blog
October 26, 2015
Sean McElwee

How Voter Registration Could Give Us Debt-Free College

Blog
September 22, 2015
Sean McElwee

Hillary Clinton Is Disclosing Her Donors—She Shouldn't Let Them Write Policy

Blog
July 14, 2015
Sean McElwee

Why Disparate Impact Claims Are Essential To Racial Justice

Blog
June 25, 2015
Sean McElwee

How Automatic Voter Registration Would Change America

Blog
June 5, 2015
Sean McElwee

On Two-Year Anniversary of Blow To VRA, New Evidence That Voter ID Laws are Racially Biased

Blog
June 4, 2015
Sean McElwee

Racism Is Destroying the Right to Vote

Blog
May 18, 2015
Sean McElwee

Ferguson's Municipal Elections Show That Voter Turnout Matters

Blog
April 8, 2015
Sean McElwee

For the Effects of Voting, Look to Policy, Not Elections

Blog
March 27, 2015
Sean McElwee

The Proposed Payday Regulations Are a Good First Step, But More Needs to Be Done

Blog
March 26, 2015
Sean McElwee

Obama Is Right: America Needs Universal Voting

Blog
March 19, 2015
Sean McElwee

A New Study Shows How Donors Distort Democracy

Blog
February 18, 2015
Sean McElwee

Why Obama's Tax Plan Matters

Blog
January 20, 2015
Sean McElwee

On Income Inequality: An Interview with Branko Milanovic

Blog
November 14, 2014
Sean McElwee

Voter Suppression in 2014

Blog
November 6, 2014
Sean McElwee

Class Bias in the 2014 Midterms

Blog
November 5, 2014
Sean McElwee

How to Reduce the Voting Gap

Blog
October 30, 2014
Sean McElwee

What the Intelligence Squared Inequality Debate Missed—The Politics of Inequality

Blog
October 23, 2014
Sean McElwee

Inequality and Politics: An Interview With Nathan Kelly

Blog
July 14, 2014
Sean McElwee

How Harris v. Quinn Hurts Home Healthcare Workers

Blog
July 2, 2014
Sean McElwee

We Need the DISCLOSE Act

Blog
June 24, 2014
Sean McElwee

Americans Should Care More About Money in Politics

Blog
June 24, 2014
Sean McElwee

How to Fight Oligarchy: Lessons From The States

Blog
June 18, 2014
Sean McElwee

The American People Don't Support the NRA's Agenda

Blog
June 16, 2014
Sean McElwee

Comparing the Policy Preferences of Unions & Corporations

Blog
June 12, 2014
Sean McElwee

Ten Questions for Gracia Hillman

Blog
May 1, 2014
Sean McElwee

Implementing GPI in Vermont, Maryland and Oregon

Blog
February 5, 2014
Sean McElwee

What's Wrong With the Right's Top Talking Points, In Six Charts

Blog
January 29, 2014
Sean McElwee

No, Inequality Isn't a Sideline Issue. It's The Issue

Blog
January 29, 2014
Sean McElwee

Should We Fear the Robots?

Blog
January 28, 2014
Sean McElwee

What Would An International Carbon Tax Look Like?

Blog
January 23, 2014
Sean McElwee

Absolute and Relative Mobility, A Short Primer

Blog
January 23, 2014
Sean McElwee

What A Wall Street Banker Says About Our Society

Blog
January 22, 2014
Sean McElwee

Do The Rich Really Work More Than the Poor?

Blog
January 21, 2014
Sean McElwee

Will Racism Kill Social Democracy?

Blog
January 21, 2014
Sean McElwee

How the SEC Can Fight Climate Change

Blog
January 16, 2014
Sean McElwee

Why Happiness Can Fall as GDP Rises

Blog
January 16, 2014
Sean McElwee

Is Vermont a Model for Anything?

Blog
December 27, 2013
Sean McElwee

The Carbon Bubble and the Limits of GDP

Blog
December 24, 2013
Sean McElwee

The Inclusive Wealth Report Can Help Guide Policymakers

Blog
November 20, 2013
Sean McElwee

Senators Fight To Increase Social Security Benefits

Blog
November 13, 2013
Sean McElwee

How the CARD Act is Cutting Credit Card Debt

Blog
November 12, 2013
Sean McElwee

What's the Single Worst Way to Cut Government Spending?

Blog
November 6, 2013
Sean McElwee

Corporations Take Battle Against Labor to the States

Blog
November 5, 2013
Sean McElwee

Public Pensions and Hedge Funds Don't Mix

Blog
October 30, 2013
Sean McElwee

How the Deficit Hawks Raised the Deficit With Sequestration

Blog
October 29, 2013
Sean McElwee

Right Still Leans on Social Darwinism

Blog
October 28, 2013
Sean McElwee

A Rising Empathy Gap Hurts the Poor—But Also the Economy

Blog
October 25, 2013
Sean McElwee
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