Research & Analysis

Who’s Behind the Only Citizens Vote Coalition?

Records reviewed by Issue One illuminate connections, secretive donors behind groups pushing false narratives that noncitizens are voting in U.S. elections...

The Road to Fair Pay

Why fair pay for congressional staffers matters for representative democracy...

The High Cost of High Turnover

When local election officials leave their positions in record numbers, the costs to institutional knowledge and running elections are significant...

Who Profited from Election Deniers?

As election-denying secretary of state candidates raised large sums in 2022, political consultants behind the scenes were raking in the dough....

The Democracy Multiverse: Assessing the 2024 Elections

Billionaires help bankroll legal funds used by parties to challenge election rules

Defending Election Defenders: New Insights into Public Attitudes About Election Workers and Voter Confidence

Big Tech Ramps Up Lobbying as Industry Seeks to Thwart Legislation to Protect Kids Online

Big Tech pumped nearly more than $51 million into influence operations between January and September, new filings show...

Roll Call: Nearly 8 percent of Senate aides make less than a living wage, report finds

Issue One's "The Road to Fair Pay" report cited...

Politico: PhRMA gave big to dark money groups boosting drug pricing critics

Cites Issue One analysis of PhRMA's contributions to a dark money group...

Roll Call: Shutdowns of the past were ‘emotional,’ ‘terrible’ for Hill staffers

Cites Issue One's "Fair Pay" report...

NPR: In some states, more than half of the local election officials have left since 2020

Exclusive about Issue One's new report, "The High Cost of High Turnover"...