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Clean Energy tax credits? Hot. Tax cuts for the rich? Not Hot.
Speaking of the debt ceiling, 2023 has truly been its year. It’s all anyone can talk, think, and write about. Truly the It Girl. Move over, Sofia Richie.
Unfortunately, Republicans are keeping up their really annoying habit of making cuts to important programs. This time, their victim is the clean energy tax credits that Democrats passed in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Data for Progress and Climate Power find 51 percent of voters would be upset if Republicans rolled back key tax credits and financial incentives for clean energy production and job growth. Moreover, 48 percent oppose cuts to government funding for the research and development of new, American-made clean energy technologies.
We also find a plurality of voters (by a +6-point margin) say that Republicans should not roll back the key components of the Inflation Reduction Act. This includes Democrats by a +53-point margin and Independents by a +16-point margin.
Republicans are consistently the reason we can’t have nice things (student loan forgiveness, healthcare, gun control, etc.), so why don’t they give it a break and let us have a healthy planet? It would be easier for everyone. Aren’t they tired? We’re tired.
Read the full blog and polling here.
Here are some other highlights from DFP this week:
Republican values? Major ick.
This a message to all of the girlies out there settling for finance bros who claim to be “fiscally conservative, but socially liberal”: First of all, gross. Second of all, you don’t have to settle! Your Progressive Prince is out there, and we have the polling to prove it. Data for Progress finds that voters in key constituencies for Democrats — such as Black voters, Latino voters, and voters under 45 — believe the Democratic Party better represents their values than Republican Party (duh, but also, phew).
When we asked voters what they liked most about the Democratic Party, they cited the party’s focus on the “average American,” gun control, social issues, the middle class, and healthcare. Voters over 45 were more likely to mention the “average American” and the lower and middle class, while voters under 45 liked the Democratic Party’s stance on gun control, abortion, and racial inequality. Meanwhile, the Republican Party is out here trying to ban Judy Blume and get into fist fights with Donald Duck. So as the 2024 election gets going, the Biden campaign needs to take a page from A24's playbook and start talking about everything everywhere all at once.
Data for Progress also finds a plurality of voters under 45 (42 percent) and Latino voters (41 percent) believe the Democratic Party better represents their values than the Republican Party.
We’re not exactly sure what constitutes “Republican values” — probably more rights for guns, less rights for women? Keeping M&Ms sexy (probably the focus of Tucker’s post-Fox life)? Either way, we won’t be associating with Republican values, thanks.
Check out the polling here.
When temperatures go low, energy prices go high.
We know, we know: your mind is solely focused on Hot Girl Summer and syncing the group chat’s Google Calendar to figure out a beach week. But remember winter? We do, and so does your wallet, probably.
Due to inflation, growing demand, and the war in Ukraine, utility companies raised rates for electricity and natural gas in late 2022. The result? Staggering energy bills that probably made you call your utility company, ask if it was a mistake, and then get laughed at for 20 minutes by the robot on the other end of the line.
In new polling by Data for Progress, 72 percent of voters say their heating and energy costs went up this winter. Rural voters were particularly affected, with 75 percent reporting higher energy costs, compared with 66 percent of urban voters.
Despite the annoyingly high energy costs, this story does have a happy ending. Apparently, expensive bills bring people together! Voters across party lines (77 percent) support providing financial assistance to residents dealing with higher electric bills. This includes 89 percent of Democrats and 70 percent of Independents and Republicans. Who knew the key to uniting the country was energy bills all along.
Check out the polling here.
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