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Cut the crap about cutting Social Security!
It’s hard to come up with an idea more unpopular than cutting the benefits that millions of Americans rely on — but Trump never manages to surprise us. Here’s what Data for Progress’ Danielle Deiseroth and Social Security Works’ Nancy Altman had to say this week about Trump’s plans for Social Security:
“The best way for the Harris campaign to counteract the Trump narrative on Social Security is by pouring resources into a narrative of its own: Kamala Harris is fighting to strengthen Social Security by requiring billionaires to contribute their fair share, while Donald Trump will slash Social Security (as he has tried to do in the past) if he returns to the White House.
Data for Progress’ polling demonstrates that Social Security should be a winning issue for Democrats, as their policies on Social Security align with the views of the overwhelming majority of Americans. Seventy-four percent of likely voters want to increase Social Security benefits, while only 2% want to cut them.”
But while increasing Social Security benefits is a winning issue for Democrats, many voters are unaware of where Harris and Trump stand. Less than half of voters (46%) know that only Harris supports increasing Social Security benefits, and just 44% percent know that only Trump has supported cutting benefits.
When voters are informed that Harris supports increasing Social Security benefits, while Trump supports cutting them, Harris draws in an additional 4% of likely voters in a head-to-head race against Trump.
Four points might not seem like a lot, but four points is a difference that can secure a victory for Kamala Harris — or Trump, Vance, and their posse of Charlie Kirk clones with weird, creepy smiles.
It’s time for us to do our part — next time your granddad calls you for help resetting the cable modem, make sure you do it fast so he sees the ads reminding him that Harris will increase Social Security benefits while Trump will take them away.
Read the full poll here.
Here are some other highlights from DFP this week:
Concepts of a Plan is our new band name
I have concepts of a plan. It’s what you should say when the group chat asks what you’re going to do to end your situationship that has lasted for way, way too long. Or when your extended family asks where you plan to take your career over the next five years. It definitely shouldn’t be what you say on a national debate stage while running for president.
You know when you’re watching a movie and the villain decides to explain their entire evil plot before being ultimately defeated by the superhero? Trump may not want to admit his plans to take away our health care, but luckily for us, that’s basically what the Project 2025 authors and other major GOP leaders have decided to do.
We decided to take a look at major Republican proposals for a health care plan. And unsurprisingly, we found that they’re all really unpopular.
At least 75% of voters across party lines oppose allowing insurers to deny coverage or charge people more if they have pre-existing conditions, and at least 70% of voters across party lines oppose stopping Medicare from having the ability to negotiate lower drug prices.
More than 65% of voters across party lines also oppose allowing insurers to impose annual and lifetime limits on health coverage and allowing health insurance companies to charge higher premiums to individuals who let their health coverage lapse.
When voters are asked whether or not the ACA should be repealed, a majority of voters (61%) say “we should keep the Affordable Care Act.” Fewer than one-third of voters (30%) say the ACA should be repealed.
Somewhere in Chicago, Barack Obama is listening to Charli XCX and Shaboozey, chuckling to himself as he thinks about the absolute and utter failure of Republicans to overturn one of the most significant policy accomplishments of the 21st century.
Read the full poll here.
Clear the air or we’ll clear your bank account
Where do the major candidates stand on littering? Kamala Harris took a strong stance when she said “I don’t believe in littering” in her WIRED autocomplete interview last week. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is deep in the pocket of big polluters — and probably throws all of his Big Mac wrappers out the car window.
There’s no litterbug bigger than Exxon, Shell, and all the other large fossil fuel companies who have spent decades dumping pollutants like CO2 into our atmosphere. But the recently proposed Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act would require the largest U.S.-based fossil fuel companies to pay into a fund to finance a wide range of efforts to tackle the impacts of climate change.
We find that two-thirds of likely voters support a bill to make polluters pay to confront the climate crisis, including half of Republican voters (50%). Black (71%) and Latino (79%) voters show stronger support than voters overall.
It’s like when you need to Venmo request your friend who got a bit too drunk at your house party and crashed through the ping pong table. Except in this case, we’re getting reimbursed for the damage done to our entire planet. We tried sending a $1 trillion Venmo request to the CEO of BP, but weirdly enough, it didn’t go through. The Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act might be the next best option.
Read the full poll here.
DFP In The News
HuffPost: It Turns Out Not Even Republican Voters Like Republican Health Care Ideas
The Guardian: California sues ExxonMobil over alleged role in plastic pollution crisis
The New Republic: What If Kamala Harris Is Wrong About Voters’ Climate Views?
Real Clear Politics: Progressives Believe They Have Harris Ear as She Moderates Rhetoric
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