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Brad Pitt! You know him, you love him. You know what voters love even more than Brad Pitt? None other than the American Jobs Plan, which polls at 73% with voters nationwide, compared to Brad Pitt’s popularity, which is at 65%. And? It’s supported by 58% of voters in Joe Manchin’s home state of West Virginia — and 68% of voters in Kyrsten Sinema’s home state of Arizona.

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Thank you to our friends at MoveOn for highlighting ([link removed]) this crucial interpretation of our Build Back Better polling! (You can read our full memo on the strength of the Build Back Better agenda in swing states here ([link removed]) ).
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Here are some other highlights from DFP over the past week:

Climate != Jobs? That’s So 2014
This week, we partnered with Green New Deal Network to conduct polling on the THRIVE Act, an economic recovery bill to create millions of good-paying jobs while advancing environmental and racial justice. Our polling shows ([link removed]) that voters support the THRIVE Act by a two-thirds majority regardless of whether the bill is framed through a lens of climate action, job creation, or racial justice promotion.

We also found that voters support the specific aspects of the THRIVE Act that differ from Biden’s plans: a majority of voters support the THRIVE Act’s plan to direct 50% of investments to communities that are most impacted by climate change, pollution, and the clean energy transition. These findings hammer home a message we at DFP have been shouting to anyone who will listen: we have a golden opportunity right now with a Democratic trifecta to pass groundbreaking legislation, and it’s what the voters want too.

DFP Podcasts for your Memorial Day Drive!
At DFP, our staff loves to hop on podcasts and radio to break down new polling and what it says about the current political moment. Our climate team in particular has been extremely prolific on the podcast front. So as you cruise down to whichever Memorial Day vacation destination awaits you — be it a sunny beach, a local restaurant, or anything in between — we’ve got you covered with fun, thought-provoking and conversation-starting podcasts. In no particular order, here are some of our favorites:

Generation Green New Deal: Green New NEWS ([link removed]) — featuring Julian Brave NoiseCat, DFP VP of Policy and Strategy

“There's been A LOT of Green New Deal news over the last month. From the reintroduction of the Green New Deal Resolution itself, to the introduction of the THRIVE Act, the debates swirling around President Biden's Infrastructure plan, the Green New Deal for Cities, the Green New Deal for Schools, the Green New Deal for Public Housing, and the Civilian Climate Corps Act, it's been hard keeping track of everything!

That's why, on this special bonus episode, we asked Sunrise Movement's Press Secretary Ellen Sciales & Data For Progress Vice President Julian Brave-Noisecat to help break it all down for us.”

Climate One: Investing in a Clean and Equitable Recovery ([link removed]) — featuring Julian

“The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan recently passed by Congress includes $5 billion for Indian health services and $750 million in housing assistance for tribes and native Hawaiians, making it the largest public investment in native communities in United States history.

‘[It’s] obviously incredibly encouraging,’ says Julian Brave NoiseCat, Vice President of Policy and Strategy of Data for Progress and a citizen of the Secwepemc Nation in British Columbia, though he also cautions that many native people and communities ‘are digging themselves out of a very, very deep hole that was created quite purposefully through policy decisions made not just over the last four years or the last year but over 220 years.’”

Recode Daily: Most Americans Want To Break Up Big Tech ([link removed]) — covering DFP polling

"In a new poll from Vox and Data for Progress, a majority of Democrats and Republicans agreed that Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook should be broken up. Recode's Rani Molla explains this rare bipartisan consensus.”

Important, Not Important: #108: Data for Progress with Julian Brave NoiseCat ([link removed])

“The name Data for Progress really says it all. It's a group with a mission for making progress founded on a belief of data. Julian would describe himself as a progressive realist focused on addressing the biggest and broadest challenges of our lifetime with the tool he knows best.

Our conversation delves into the ways in which we can add credibility to the data we collect, how to use it to create informed decisions that affect real change, and how data is wholly dependent on the questions that you ask of it. We also discuss the political and voting power of native people in the US and the importance of highlighting native voices in the media.”

The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow: Climate, Cops, and Revolution ([link removed]) — featuring Marcela Mulholland, DFP Political Director

“Biden has just released his climate plan.. Joining us now to discuss that climate plan is Marcela Mulholland, Political Director at Data for Progress, and she represents that organization’s work on the Green New Deal and progressive climate policy, and before that she had a pretty extensive background in climate related organizing as well.”

Democratically: 2020: Pain Relief ([link removed]) — featuring Marcela

“In this final episode of Democratically: 2020, Karin talks to Political Director of Data for Progress Marcella Mulholland and former Republican strategist Marshall Manson about the American Rescue Act, the prospects for improving our political system, and the (surprisingly?) impressive start to the Biden Administration.”

We’d love to link you to our Senior Analyst Ethan Winter’s recent appearance on the Dean Obeidallah show, but Sirius XM doesn’t link their content (damn you, Liberty Media Corporation)! But regardless, we’re proud of our team and to be the polling firm journalists, lawmakers, and thought leaders trust. (Speaking of: can you chip in ([link removed]) to help us keep our comms pitches going?)

DFP In The News
NBC: 50 years later, the culture wars debate over the child care crisis has barely budged ([link removed])
The New Yorker: Are We Entering a New Political Era? ([link removed])
New York Magazine: Law-and-Order Conservatives Call on Biden to Defund the Tax Police ([link removed])
The New York Times:Ezra Klein Interviews James Forman Jr. ([link removed])
Vox:Why some fully vaccinated people are still wearing masks ([link removed])
Politico: Conservatives have a new target: Biden’s IRS plan ([link removed])
The Hill:Police reform fight hinges on qualified immunity ([link removed])
The Hill:After George Floyd, how much has changed? ([link removed])
Business Insider:58% of voters support passing Biden's $4 trillion infrastructure plan without any Republican votes, poll finds ([link removed])
The Intercept:Progressive Groups Push For New Rule That Could Break Up Big Banks ([link removed])

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