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southern hospitality >>> southern ableism

We’re really excited about this new report ([link removed]) we released yesterday. In October, Data for Progress and New Disabled South conducted surveys of likely voters inAlabama ([link removed]) ,Georgia ([link removed]) ,Louisiana ([link removed]) ,North Carolina ([link removed]) ,South Carolina ([link removed]) , and Tennessee ([link removed]) to examine voter sentiment on several aspects of life for disabled people in the South.

The report finds that while voters across these Southern states, including majorities of disabled voters, believe their local community is inclusive of disabled people, a plurality of voters believe they face discrimination due to their disability when interacting with law enforcement.

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Read the full report here ([link removed]) .

Here are some other highlights from DFP this week:

Voters want electeds to Speak Now on deepfakes

As if the Internet was not already saturated with Taylor Swift content, now we have to worry about pervs creating AI-generated, sexually explicit images of her without her consent. Gross. And this is just one example of how AI can be used for malicious means. New polling ([link removed]) from Data for Progress and Accountable Tech finds that more than three-quarters of voters are concerned about the use of “deepfakes” in the upcoming election. Political robocalls are already very annoying… now we have to worry that they are fake too?!

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We find that a majority of voters support key actions from President Biden’s recent executive order on AI, including completing risk assessments about the use of AI in critical government sectors (73%), creating a national research database for AI data, AI software, and AI models (68%), and hiring more AI professionals and data scientists across the federal government (57%).

But we’re not Out of the Woods yet — the government can take additional action like passing the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE) Act, which would allow Americans to sue someone who created AI-generated media that made them appear to be in a sexually explicit position without their consent. We find that the DEFIANCE Act is supported by at least 85% of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans.

Read the full poll here ([link removed]) .

When I say “abortion bans,” you say “Trump!”

People… this choice matters! In our latest DFP Insights article ([link removed]) , our polling principal Dr. Evangel Penumaka makes the case for why Democrats need to better brand Trump on the issue of abortion.

Our polling finds that when voters are asked whom they hold responsible for new bans or restrictions on abortions, about half of voters attribute responsibility to the Supreme Court, while one-third attribute blame to Republicans in Congress (34%) and Republicans in state office (33%), and only 24% blame Trump.

Understandably, voters attribute more direct responsibility to SCOTUS, but let’s not forget who delivered us this extreme, arguably illegitimate court!

As the 2024 election approaches, Democrats need to continue pushing the blame on Trump, branding him as extreme on this issue, and raising the salience of abortion rights for this election. Every single time recently passed, draconian abortion bans are brought up, I’m gonna need you to connect it back to Donald J. Trump.

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Read the full Insights article here ([link removed]) .

The Green New Deal enters its kindergarten era

Happy Birthday to the Green New Deal, which turned five years old this week! And please excuse us while we go apply our retinol and Google retirement homes, because we’re starting to feel old.

It’s been a wild five years for our planet, with temperatures reaching record highs. But we’ve also made extraordinary progress on climate, passing the largest investment in reducing carbon emissions in U.S. history. It’s in part thanks to the framework of the Green New Deal and the hard work of climate activists that it was possible — but there’s still more to do to promote climate justice and ensure our planet does not reach catastrophic levels of warming.

In new polling ([link removed]) , the Green New Deal agenda is truly the it girl of climate policy, with the Green New Deal and accompanying bills reaching widespread popularity. Each of the policies has support from at least two-thirds of voters. Shockingly, we haven’t seen two-thirds of Congress support the Green New Deal yet, but we’re sure they’ll come to ignore Big Oil and fall in line soon.

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The polling also finds that nearly half of voters view climate change as more serious now than they did five years ago, followed by 33% whose views of climate change have not changed, and 14% who view climate change as less serious.

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DFP In The News

Mother Jones: Trump Killed Abortion Rights. But Voters Still Don’t Blame Him. ([link removed])
Politico E&E: Green New Deal backers take victory lap ([link removed])
City & State NY:Lawmakers propose creation of state authority to finance and build affordable housing ([link removed])
Politico: Biden needs his young climate activists. But they’re angry about the war in Gaza. ([link removed])
Politico: Biden tries to shift the focus from Bidenomics to Trumpenomics ([link removed])
Politico: West Wing Playbook ([link removed])

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