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.

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.




 

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 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, 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
A Majority Of Voters Think That Attorney General Bill Barr Should Be Impeached
A Paycheck Guarantee is Popular with Voters
To Create Structural Change and Real Representation, Start with Campaign Finance Reform


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


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


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