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InfographicSequestration in the States
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InteractiveElections Performance Index
Recent RESEARCH & ANALYSIS
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- Data Visualizations
- Election Initiatives
Being Online is Still Not Enough
Millions are turning to official state election websites to find the information they need to cast a ballot. Being Online Is Still Not Enough provides state-by-state reviews and analysis based on detailed criteria of election websites for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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- Dispatch
- Election Initiatives
New Hampshire Dispatch: Ballots Already Cast in Presidential Primary
The first ballots in the 2012 New Hampshire Presidential Primary, scheduled for January 10, have already been cast.
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- Report
- Election Initiatives
Being Online Is Still Not Enough
This 2011 report provided state-by-state reviews and analysis based on detailed criteria of election websites for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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- Report
- Economic Mobility Project
Housing Wealth and Higher Education
This August 2011 report, Housing Wealth and Higher Education: Building a Foundation for Economic Mobility, assessed how changes in housing wealth during the recent boom and bust affected students’ higher education decisions.
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- Report
- Fiscal Federalism Initiative
November 2011 Addendum: A Year or More: The High Cost of Long-Term Unemployment
In the third quarter of 2011, approximately 31.8 percent of the nearly 14 million Americans who were unemployed had been jobless for a year or more.
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- Dispatch
- Election Initiatives
Notable Counties—Maricopa County, Arizona
Our latest "Notable Counties" dispatch comes from Arizona. As more states start requiring photo ID at the polls, how these measures will affect elections is unclear. more
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- Issue Brief
- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
Making Checking Accounts Safer and More Transparent
These fact sheets summarize Pew’s policy recommendations to make checking accounts safer and more transparent.
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- Dispatch
- Election Initiatives
Notable Counties—Tippecanoe County, Ind.
In 2007, Tippecanoe County, Ind., home of Purdue University, shifted from precinct-based elections to vote centers. more
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November 22, 2011
Regulatory Comment: Financial Habits and Patterns of Low- and Moderate-Income Households
This regulatory comment provides recommendations on Treasury’s prioritization of financial access activities.
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- Analysis
- States' Fiscal Health
Rhode Island Plan Enacts New Approach to States’ Pension Woes
Faced with rising pension costs, Rhode Island passed a set of reforms to its public sector retirement system that go further than what any other state has done. The bill is unprecedented, both in terms of the employees it will affect and the scope and scale of changes to their benefits.
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