|
Latino voters: energy costs are too damn high
In our first survey of Latino voters fielded this year with Climate Power En Acción, we find that nearly half of all likely Latino voters (48%) rank the cost of living as one of their three top issues — and more than 3 in 5 say that their utility costs and home energy prices have increased over the last year.
When asked who they blame for higher energy prices, Latino voters place the greatest deal of blame on oil and gas CEOs and executives for higher energy. They also support taxing oil and gas companies on their record profits, and other climate actions that can help lower the cost of living — like investing in clean energy.
Democrats can’t afford to take Latino voters for granted in 2024, and this polling serves as yet another reminder that climate action is a winning issue. Biden does not need to abandon progressive priorities, like investing in new climate technologies and going after oil and gas CEOs, to win over core constituencies.
Read the full poll here.
Here are some other highlights from DFP this week:
Heated race in nation’s coldest state
Rep. Mary Peltola is pretty impressive, and that’s not only because she defeated former governor and VP-nominee/flop Sarah Palin twice. Peltola is the first Alaska Native member of Congress and the first Democrat in five decades to serve Alaska in the U.S. House.
Alaska voters think she is impressive too, as our new polling finds Peltola with the highest approval of any of Alaska’s top elected officials. And yet, November’s ranked-choice election is still a toss-up. But hopefully, the third time won’t be the charm for Nick Begich, who, alongside Palin, lost to Peltola in both the ranked-choice special and general elections in 2022.
Our survey of Alaska voters also finds that Rep. Peltola’s policy positions are very popular with her constituents, especially around food security and protecting Alaska’s fishies. 🐟
Read the full poll (including the ranked-choice results round-by-round) here.
Biden bowls a strike with new Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing
While Republicans’ plan to confront inflation still looks like this: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
President Biden recently launched a new task force to help lower costs for American consumers by taking on corporations that unfairly and illegally raise prices. We find that 75% of voters support the Biden administration’s new strike force, including 89% of Democrats, 76% of Independents, and 59% of Republicans.
With more than 3 in 4 voters strongly agreeing that the U.S. “should do more to take on corporations that unfairly and illegally raise prices on consumers,” it’s great to see Biden continue to call out corporate greed in the run-up to the presidential election, knowing that his “predecessor” will do or say anything if elected to give corporations and his tax-cheat friends a break.
Read the full poll here.
Humans concerned that robots may be just as prejudiced as they are
Artificial intelligence is often trained — by humans — on large amounts of data to accomplish their most basic and common task: helping kids cheat on their homework. But AI does have the potential to reshape how many of us work and live — and AI training involves the possibility of human error and incomplete data, which can reinforce stereotypes and biases. Just add it to the list of new things to be worried about!!!
Our new polling with Accountable Tech finds that 77% of voters report being “very concerned” or “somewhat concerned” about discriminatory predictions by AI, including 77% of both Democrats and Independents and 76% of Republicans.
As AI starts to take over the world (or at least become more normalized in various industries), it’s imperative that companies demonstrate that their products are nondiscriminatory toward marginalized groups.
Read the full poll here.
DFP In The News
CNN: How Biden hopes to recapture voters scarred by inflation
538/ABC News: Haley's campaign exposed cracks in Trump's GOP
The 19th: With AI, anyone can be a victim of nonconsensual porn. Can laws keep up?
Alaska Public Media: Poll shows Peltola is well known and liked but that Begich is just as likely to win Alaska’s seat in Congress
Grist: You can start applying for the American Climate Corps next month
Elle: The Gender Refugees
Roll Call: Election laws not ready for deepfakes, experts warn: ‘It’s the Wild West right now’
On Social
|
