The Pew Economic Mobility Project conducted an update to its 2009 national poll to reassess the public's perceptions of economic mobility and the American Dream two years later, as the nation emerges from the Great Recession. more

The Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners are building on cutting edge practices in some states and the private sector to bring voter registration systems into the 21^st century and improve accuracy, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. more

This 2011 report examined state estimates for three major revenue sources—income taxes, sales taxes and corporate taxes—that comprise 72 percent of states’ total tax revenues. more

The February 2011 Pew Elections Performance Index, describes an ongoing project to provide an empirical assessment of how well the nation’s elections are administered.

Of the 7,382 state legislative seats, Republicans gained nearly 700 in 2010.