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There were several key winners and losers in the New York primaries on Tuesday. One of the big winners was the accuracy of our polling — huge shoutout to our phenomenal polling team, who hit the nail on the head with our last New York poll. 

(Just kidding — HUGE congratulations to actual winner India Walton, who we endorsed with Lead Locally!)

But we are proud to have outperformed every other pollster in the NY races, with a lower error rate and more races polled than any other publicly released polls in the month of June.



To read more about our work, check out DFP Methodologist Johannes Fischer's retrospective of our polling: https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2021/6/24/dfp-nyc-primary-polling-retrospective

Here are some other highlights from DFP over the past week:

Bernie Sanders, Pramila Jayapal, and Medicare Expansion — oh my!

We were delighted to have Senator Sanders and Representative Jayapal on the DFP blog this week, with a piece about expanding Medicare by dropping its eligibility age, lowering the cost of prescription drugs, and having it cover hearing, vision, and dental benefits. Our polling with Social Security Works found that Americans overwhelmingly support Medicare expansion: 83 percent of voters support it, including 90 percent of Democrats, 82 percent of Independents, and 75 percent of Republicans.




Cake by the Ocean (Infrastructure) 

President Biden’s American Jobs Plan contains many key investments in climate infrastructure. One of the most underrated of these? Ocean infrastructure. In a new memo with Urban Ocean Lab and Center for American Progress, we outline an ocean infrastructure agenda that the Biden Administration can pursue to combat climate change, create good-paying jobs, and protect coastal communities — from building offshore renewable energy, to restoring blue carbon ecosystems, to decarbonizing the shipping industry. Give it a read here!


Food Procurement doesn’t just mean picking up your Five Guys 

Every year, the U.S. spends hundreds of billions of dollars on goods, including fruits and vegetables. As we show in a new memo, the Biden Administration should incorporate ambitious food procurement policies into its infrastructure agenda — including establishing universal free school meals, requiring federal food suppliers to disclose greenhouse gas emissions, and implementing “buy local” guidelines.

Also check out our blog post, where we show that the food procurement infrastructure agenda is highly popular.




From Data for Progress
Blog: Voters Believe Social Media Companies Profiting From Conspiracies And Lies Are Driving Divisions In America
Blog: Voters Are Right: It's Time To Expand Medicare
Blog: Voters Support Progressive Food Procurement Policies
Blog: New Jersey Voters Are Primed For Bold, Progressive Change
Blog: DFP’s Final NYC Polling
Memo: Voters Support Investments In Natural Climate Solutions
Memo: Ocean Infrastructure Priorities
Memo: Food Procurement And Infrastructure
Memo: Voters Want Lawmakers To Pass The American Jobs Plan


DFP In The News 
Vox: This progressive police reform bill is pretty popular
Axios: Exclusive poll: Broad public support for new tech regulations
Huffpost: Voters Support Biden’s Infrastructure Package, Including Its Climate Provisions
MSNBC: All In with Chris Hayes
Rolling Stone: 10 Things We Get Wrong About Reparations
The Atlantic: The Democrats Are Already Losing the Next Election
Politico: ‘You don’t have to die in your seat’: Democrats stress over aging members
Politico: Antitrust politics make for strange bedfellows
The Intercept: U.S. Sanctions On Cuba And Venezuela Hamper The Global Fight Against Covid-19
The Hill: Democrats have turned solidly against gas tax
US News and World Report: Rising Crime Overtakes Police Reform as Election Issue in New York, Elsewhere
Independent: Eric Adams and Andrew Yang play nice as voters head to the polls to choose mayor
Huffpost: Divided Progressive Field For Manhattan Prosecutor Clears Path For Wall Street Ally
Vox: Warren Buffett defends his approach to philanthropy as he quits the Gates Foundation board
FiveThirtyEight: What We Know About New York’s Mayoral Primary Results So Far
FiveThirtyEight: Why Republicans Won’t Support Sweeping Voting Rights Legislation Now … Or Anytime Soon
The Washington Post: Eric Adams leads in New York mayor’s race; challengers plead for patience as votes are ranked
The Washington Post: The Trailer: "Reckon with reality": Democrats ask which polls are too good to be true

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