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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
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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
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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
Absolute and Relative Mobility, A Short Primer
Blog
January 23, 2014
Sean McElwee
What Would An International Carbon Tax Look Like?
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
Why Happiness Can Fall as GDP Rises
Blog
January 16, 2014
Sean McElwee
How the SEC Can Fight Climate Change
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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