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Voters support the radical left agenda
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, which makes up nearly 100 Democratic members of the House of Representatives, recently announced their “Progressive Proposition Agenda,” an extensive list of domestic policy proposals that would ideally serve as a blueprint for the next Congress if President Biden and the Democrats win this November.
Some of the most popular policies from the agenda include requiring stronger safety protections for workers (88% support), investing in care for seniors and people with disabilities (83% support), and implementing a tax on corporations whose CEOs make at least 50 times more than their median employee (80% support).
And many other policies enjoy support from more than 70% of voters, including requiring corporations to pay the same tax on profits earned abroad as profits earned in the U.S., providing universal pre-K, ensuring no family spends more than 7% of their income on child care, and establishing National Clean Energy Standards.
So next time your weird uncle at Thanksgiving starts yelling about “the liberal agenda,” you can remind him that Republicans are the ones that support raising the retirement age (8% support), while progressives are pushing for policies that are supported by an overwhelming majority of Americans.
Read the full poll here.
Here are some other highlights from DFP this week:
Voters continue to support a ceasefire in Gaza
This week, Data for Progress released new polling in collaboration with Zeteo, finding our highest level of support yet for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Seven in 10 likely voters — including majorities of Democrats (83%), Independents (65%), and Republicans (56%) — support the U.S. calling for a permanent ceasefire and a de-escalation of violence in Gaza. This represents a 3-point increase in support from February and a 9-point increase in support from November.
A majority of voters (54%) also agree the U.S. should be involved “only a little” or “not at all” on Israel’s side of a conflict with Iran “if fighting between Israel and Iran escalates.” Additionally, a plurality of voters disapprove of Congress passing approximately $4 billion to replenish Israel's missile systems.
Read the full poll here.
Stream Don’t Touch My Hair by Solange
In 2018, high school wrestler Andrew Johnson was forced to cut off his dreadlocks before a match or forfeit the game. Rather than forfeit, he cut off his locs, sacrificing a piece of his identity to compete in the sport he loved.
This week, we hosted Rep. Watson Coleman on the DFP Insights page to discuss her new bill, the CROWN Act, which would protect discrimination based on hair texture or hairstyle. Here’s what she had to say:
“Across the nation, Black people, especially Black women, continue to face discrimination for simply existing as their natural selves. Black women are 1.5 times more likely to be sent home from work or know someone who was sent home because of their natural hair. They are also 80% more likely to alter their natural hair to meet office norms or expectations.
Discrimination against Black hair is functionally no different than discrimination against Black skin, and that is unacceptable. Called to action by the experiences of Andrew Johnson, Darryl George, and countless others, I have reintroduced the CROWN Act to ban hair discrimination at the federal level.
My bill is both rooted in racial justice and popular with a majority of voters. A new survey by Data for Progress finds that a +23-point margin of likely voters support the CROWN Act, including a +55-point margin of Democrats and a +27-point margin of Independents.”
"In the year 2024, something as simple as opposing racism should not be controversial. It is long past time Congress passed the CROWN Act and protected the right of all Americans to exist as their authentic selves.”
Read the full Insights piece by Rep. Watson Coleman here.
Getting publicly owned < building publicly owned infrastructure
If you ever look around and see that there’s something wrong with the United States, you can probably just blame Ronald Reagan and you’d be right most of the time.
Today, we can thank him for the trend of privatization of public services since the 1980s, which, four decades later, is making it a whole lot harder to fight climate change.
We need major investments in climate infrastructure to support our transition to clean energy, but also must consider that the involvement of the private sector in building out that infrastructure may worsen inequality, reduce workers’ rights, and slow down development.
Instead of putting the very important task of saving our planet in the hands of rich people and CEOs (because that’s always worked out for us!), public ownership models can ensure that the primary goal of infrastructure development is to serve the public good, promote universal access, and foster community resilience, rather than generating private profit.
As it turns out, a majority of voters agree that new infrastructure development projects should be mostly publicly owned. This includes a majority of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans (Reagan is rolling in his grave).
There are lots of different models for public ownership, including solar cooperatives, municipally owned infrastructure, and Tribal ownership. In our full report, the DFP climate team offers recommendations to build strong, democratic, and equitable public governance in the context of the climate crisis.
Read our full report on a public ownership model here.
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