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Voters Think the Existing Economic Order is Stacked Against Workers
Conservatives are claiming that the $600 weekly boost in unemployment benefits is discouraging Americans from returning to work — and they’re claiming the American people are on their side.

So we decided to test whether voters are actually on their side. To do this, we asked voters whether they thought Americans want to work and are unemployed because they can’t find jobs, or whether they thought Americans are dependent on the government and are unemployed because benefits are too high.

The verdict: ([link removed]) Americans largely think joblessness is due to lack of jobs, not unemployment benefits.


Similarly, we find that a clear majority of Americans (68 percent) think the sources of poverty are systemic failings and not the outcomes of individual choices.

A Majority of Voters Think Attorney General Barr Should Be Impeached
In a June survey, we presented voters with six different arguments for impeaching Attorney General Bill Barr. Voters agreed with all six. ([link removed])

The most effective argument for impeaching Barr is that he suppressed the findings of Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible connections between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. After reading this statement, 50 percent of voters thought Barr should be impeached, which just 30 percent thought he shouldn’t.

All six arguments we tested won over voters by a double-digit margin.

While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has resisted calls for impeaching Barr thus far, it’s clear that voters are receptive to arguments that he should be impeached.


¡DFP En Español!
We’re translating our blogs on coronavirus and environmental racism into Spanish. // Nuestros blogs sobre el coronavirus y racismo ambiental están siendo traducidos al español.

Here’s our first on Albany, GA. // Aquí está el primero sobre Albany, GA. ([link removed])


Data Bytes
* Support for Cutting Law Enforcement Funding Has Spiked Since Recent Protests: While it’s true that, at present, more Americans believe police funding should be increased than those who say it should be decreased, we show in a new article ([link removed]) that this gap has narrowed significantly since 2018 and that among young people, support for reducing police budgets has grown dramatically. Using Cooperative Congressional Election Study (CCES) data and re-weighting our own surveys to match the CCES demographics, we found that support for cutting police funding has more than doubled in the past two years.
These trends are especially strong with voters of color and younger voters.

* Framing Unemployment Insurance as “Income” is Most Effective: In a recent memo ([link removed]) , we tested two messages about preserving the $600 weekly boost in unemployment benefits: one referring to the boost as “income,” and another calling it “benefits.” Both messages were highly effective with the income framing slightly beating out the benefit framing. More specifically, we found that the income frame led 69 percent of voters — including a majority of Republicans — to support extending the benefits.



From The Blog
Support for Cutting Law Enforcement Funding has Spiked in the Wake of the Recent Protests ([link removed])
A Majority Of Voters Think That Attorney General Bill Barr Should Be Impeached ([link removed])
A Paycheck Guarantee is Popular with Voters ([link removed])
To Create Structural Change and Real Representation, Start with Campaign Finance Reform ([link removed])

Memos
Memo: Sheriff Discretion and Evictions ([link removed])
Memo: Voters Think the Existing Economic Order is Stacked Against Workers ([link removed])
Memo: Voters Strongly Oppose Cutting the Income of Millions of Americans ([link removed])
Memo: A National Investment Authority - Financing America’s Future ([link removed])

Media Hits
Democrats Have A Winning Argument On Unemployment Benefits ([link removed]) @Huffington Post
The Standing Rock Generation Is Changing the World ([link removed]) @Rolling Stone
How “abolish ICE” helped bring abolitionist ideas into the mainstream ([link removed]) @Vox
Poll Shows Black Voters Want Bold Plans — Not Recycled Reforms ([link removed]) @Prism

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