Table: Media References to Major U.S. Think Tanks



Think Tank

Political Orientation

Number of Media Citations 1995

Number of Media Citations 1996

Number of Media Citations 1997

Brookings Institution

U.S. Centrist

2192

2196

2296

Heritage Foundation

U.S. Conservative

2268

1779

1813

American Enterprise Institute

U.S. Conservative

1297

1401

1323

Cato Institute

U.S. Conservative/libertarian

1163

1136

1286

RAND Corporation

U.S. Center-right

795

826

865

Council on Foreign Relations

U.S. Centrist

747

727

755

Center for Strategic and International Studies

U.S. Conservative

612

586

668

Urban Institute

U.S. Center-left

749

655

610

Economic Policy Institute

U.S. Progressive

399

452

576

Freedom Forum

U.S. Centrist

496

625

531

Hudson Institute

U.S. Conservative

354

396

481

Institute for International Economics

U.S. Centrist

410

288

438

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

U.S. Progressive

-

359

425

Hoover Institution

U.S. Conservative

570

350

355

Carnegie Endowment

U.S. Centrist

517

502

352

Competitive Enterprise Institute

U.S. Conservative

298

205

290

Manhattan Institute

U.S. Conservative

254

227

261

Progressive Policy Institute

U.S. Centrist

455

279

251

International Institute for Strategic Studies

U.S. Conservative

177

145

177

Institute for Policy Studies

U.S. Progressive

161

110

172

Worldwatch Institute

U.S. Progressive

201

186

168

Center for Defense Information

U.S. Progressive

136

187

158

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

U.S. Center-left

255

228

158

Progress and Freedom Foundation

U.S. Conservative

570

234

122

Reason Foundation

U.S. Conservative/libertarian

229

133

92



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