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Memo: Voters in Key States Support a Wealth Tax
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The 2020 Democratic presidential primary saw two candidates, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, make the case for a wealth tax.
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Data for Progress Our latest polling with shows strong support for the wealth tax in competitive Senate states. 17h
A Majority Of Voters Oppose President Trump Filling The Vacancy On the Supreme Court
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As part of a September survey put into the field shortly after the news of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became public, Data for Progress asked likely voters a series of questions about the Supreme Court, including whether...
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Data for Progress 🚨 New 🚨 Supreme Court polling: 53% - 39% Don't fill before election 51% - 39% Don't fill in lame duck if Biden wins 40% - 39% Expand Court if Trump fills Democrats more likely to say Supreme Court increases their motivation. 35h
Memo: The Case for a Federal Job Guarantee Program
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The coronavirus pandemic has brought the country to the brink of economic collapse.
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Data for Progress Our latest memo with explores the policy and public opinion behind a jobs guarantee, written by . 8d
The Progressive Climate Innovation Agenda
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We show how progressives can set the terms of the climate innovation agenda, capitalize on its popularity, and tailor it to our interrelated environmental, social, and economic crises.
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Data for Progress New polling, report & policy to guide a progressive approach to climate innovation. A majority of all voters support a trillion dollar investment in green technology through the Department of Energy. Our latest with & 27d
Masks for All Isn’t a Radical Idea
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I don’t need to tell anyone that we are living in truly unprecedented times. 5 million Americans have tested positive for Coronavirus, and over 160,000 are dead.
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Data for Progress 🚨 says everyone should get free masks. Voters agree. 43d
Biden Must Prioritize the Courts if Elected
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If elected, Joe Biden will inherit a judiciary in crisis.
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Data for Progress If Biden is President, he must act rapidly to counter-balance Trump's appointments. As part of our Progressive Cabinet Project, and lay out the roadmap to reducing corporate power of the judiciary. 55d
A Paycheck Guarantee is Popular with Voters 
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In the last three months, 45 million workers have filed for unemployment insurance — and more workers are unemployed today at any time since the Great Depression.
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Data for Progress States across the country are reversing or pausing their re-opening plans due to coronavirus spikes. makes the case for 's Paycheck Recovery Act to prevent the pandemic from becoming a depression. 72d
Memo: Concern Over The Coronavirus Pandemic Remains High; Voters Support Continued Economic Relief
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On May 15, the United States House of Representatives passed the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.
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Data for Progress New polling with : -68% support for Paycheck Guarantee -67% support for Emergency Healthcare Guarantee Act -66% for the Clean Jumpstart we proposed with -64% support for + merger ban 84d
Memo: Black Voters Want to Revolutionize Policing in the United States
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Black voters lead all other voters on support for proposed solutions to police violence.
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Data for Progress New polling with shows that Black voters support divesting from the police, giving Black communities more control over local budgets and transitioning to community-based safety models. 95d
Memo: Automatic Stabilizers are Popular with Voters
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Just last month, the unemployment rate spiked to nearly 15 percent. More stimulus is urgently needed, but congressional Republicans, led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, are reluctant to help.
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Data for Progress Our latest memo with and shows that voters support automatic stabilizers. By a 65-35 percent margin voters support automatically increasing and extending benefits. 132d
The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Made Voters More Supportive of the Green New Deal
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While the climate movement tries to reduce spills and cool the earth, pundits spill oceans of ink and expel clouds of hot air on how progressives should be marketing saving the earth. As Data for Progress has reported elsewhere, policies like the...
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Data for Progress The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically increased support for a Green New Deal. 138d
Voters Support Government Manufacturing of Drugs And Other Medical Supplies
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In a global pandemic, it’s a basic necessity that every healthcare provider is equipped with adequate life-saving equipment and supplies. But across the U.S., providers are already facing shortages of ventilators, N95 masks, and prescription drugs...
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Data for Progress A new and bill would allow the government to manufacture drugs and medical supplies. Our polling shows this is a wildly popular idea, even when voters hear arguments against it. 146d
There’s Another Way for Joe Biden to Expand Health Care: Medicare for Kids
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New polling shows that the policy would be popular as well as smarter than an incremental expansion for the near-retired.
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Data for Progress Guaranteeing every American child healthcare through Medicare is a no-brainer. And voters overwhelmingly support it. New polling 149d
How Coronavirus Has Upended Work in America
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As coronavirus has torn through the United States, it has struck the labor market like few crises in American history. The weekly job reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics have come to punctuate in dramatic fashion with huge numbers each week...
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Data for Progress Our survey find that 21% of low-income workers have lost their jobs due to coronavirus, compared with 9% of high-income workers. 161d
Memo: The Staggering Economic Impact of the Coronavirus Pandemic
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It is important for policymakers to understand the toll this is taking on the public, as well as noting the racial disparities that are being further exacerbated by this situation. And they need to act now because, through no fault of their own,...
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Data for Progress Thirty-three percent of voters have already lost their job, been furloughed, placed on temporary leave, or had hours reduced, and 41 percent of those who’ve lost a job are already reporting having trouble covering basic costs. 167d
Bail Out Workers, Not Corporations: Why We Need Consumer Debt Forgiveness to Stimulate the Economy 
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To get through this crisis, we need more than just stimulus checks to households—we need consumer debt forgiveness for a real stimulus and recovery. As the chant from Occupy Wall Street went: “We got sold out, banks got bailed out.”
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Data for Progress The best way to stimulate the economy is to forgive consumer debt: from student debt to auto debt to credit card debt. The latest from . 171d
Memo: The Need for Accountable Bailouts - Warren’s Bailout Conditions are Both Necessary and Popular
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The American economy is collapsing. Goldman Sachs is projecting negative 24 percent GDP growth in Q2. The Saint Louis Fed Chair says unemployment might hit 30 percent . The time for action is now.
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Data for Progress 🚨NEW 🚨 Voters support all eight of the conditions for a bailout. No layoffs: +63 CEO Penalties: +51 $15 minimum wage: +27 Banning Stock Buybacks: +20 184d
The Public Wants Vote By Mail; Congress Must Listen | Crooked Media
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With the public behind the idea and a free-and-fair election at stake Congress should include a nationwide vote-by-mail requirement in its coronavirus bill.
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Data for Progress 🚨 NEW POLL 🚨 By a 55-25 margin voters support all mail elections. in . 187d
The Public Thinks Members of Congress Shouldn’t Be Able to Own Individual Stocks
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On Thursday evening, ProPublica reported that Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) offloaded stocks he likely knew were about to lose value in advance of the coronavirus-induced stock market crash. Specifically, Burr received a daily briefing on...
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Data for Progress By a massive 52-24 margin, voters support banning members from owning individual stocks. has legislation to ban the practice. New from and . 187d
Voters Want the Government to Send Everyone $1,000
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The last two days have brought the idea of giving every American $1,000 from the fringe of the policy landscape into the mainstream. As cities shut down bars and restaurants, as employers lay off service workers en masse, and as stocks continue to...
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Data for Progress In a mere two weeks, voters moved from net opposition to $1,000 checks (-15) to overwhelming support (+32). 187d