<p>Pew took part in nonpartisan efforts to help reform the role money plays in political campaigns because elections serve as an entry point for citizens to participate in civic life. Pew supports a credible and effective system of campaign finance to increase voters’ confidence and engagement in the electoral process</p> http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room.aspx <p>A joint project of the Campaign Finance Institute, American Enterprise Institute and the Brookings Institution released a major new report, "Reform in an Age of Networked Campaigns: How to Foster Citizen Participation Through Small Donors and Volunteers." </p> Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:55:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=58589&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Campaign Finance Reform&WT.rss_a=Reform in an Age of Networked Campaigns: How to Foster Citizen Participation Through Small Donors and Volunteers&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>A Washington Post editorial on the role of public financing highlights the work of the Pew-supported Campaign Finance Institute and Democracy 21.</p> Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:40:43 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=47094&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Campaign Finance Reform&WT.rss_a=Editorial: Campaign Finance--A Victim of President-Elect Obama's Success&WT.z_contenttype=NewsArticle <p>Small Donors Playing Major Role in the Competition across Candidates and Parties</p> Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:50:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=36854&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Campaign Finance Reform&WT.rss_a=February Fundraising Frenzy for Presidential Candidates&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease <p>Access to state-level candidate campaign disclosure data continued to improve in states across the country, according to Grading State Disclosure 2007, a comprehensive evaluation of campaign finance disclosure laws and programs in the 50 states.</p> Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=30811&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Campaign Finance Reform&WT.rss_a=Nationwide Study Grades and Ranks Campaign Disclosure&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease <p>To determine how the state parties fared in the first mid-term elections since BCRA, the National Institute on Money in State Politics analyzed the money candidates raised and spent during the 2006 election cycle and compared it to their finances during the 2002 mid-term election cycle, before BCRA was in effect.</p> Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:05:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=36398&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Campaign Finance Reform&WT.rss_a=Closing the Gap: State Party Finances Four Years After BCRA&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>An analysis of pre- and post-BCRA contributions to federal parties and candidates, 1999-2006, by the Campaign Finance Institute's Participation Project.</p> Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:10:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=36404&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Campaign Finance Reform&WT.rss_a=The Ups and Downs of Small and Large Donors&WT.z_contenttype=Report Study analyzes the broad array of nonprofits active in the 2006 election. It compares the groups' activities with those undertaken in 2002 and 2004, and assesses how the changing legal and political environment affected the groups' operations in '06 and might do so in '08. Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:10:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=36412&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Campaign Finance Reform&WT.rss_a=Soft Money in the 2006 Election and the Outlook for 2008: The Changing Nonprofits Landscape&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>Intense conflicts have become a significant part of every election cycle since 1994, as parties and groups have battled to secure control of Congress.</p> Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:40:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=36418&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Campaign Finance Reform&WT.rss_a=War Games: Issues and Resources in the Battle for Control of Congress&WT.z_contenttype=Report Candidates and congressional committees had a banner cycle in money raised in 2005-2006, according to a major report by the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy at Brigham Young University. Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=20456&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Campaign Finance Reform&WT.rss_a=Campaign Finance Law (BCRA) Continues to Push Parties, Candidates to Raise Money from Individuals in 2006&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease Terms and Conditions Page http://www.pewtrusts.org/terms_and_conditions.aspx