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Action on Climate is Critical for the Midterms

This week in The New York Times: “Youth engagement has reduced dramatically this cycle — and in midterm environments, engaging your base is a key component of success. We must avoid a 2014-style midterm, and the best way to do that is to raise taxes on the wealthy to secure clean energy independence,” DFP Executive Director Sean McElwee told Ezra Klein ([link removed]) on the Ezra Klein show.

As many young folks take today to celebrate and reconnect with nature while raising awareness for the urgent need to protect our planet, it’s clear that empty promises and futile celebrations won’t be enough to mobilize the youth base. Some ideas of what this could look like? Ramping ([link removed]) up clean energy production, holding ([link removed]) fossil fuel companies accountable, using ([link removed]) the defense production act to accelerate green energy, engaging ([link removed]) indegonous voices to live up to his climate promises,
and of course, a Green New Deal ([link removed]) , just to name a few. Not to mention: they’re all overwhelmingly popular with voters.

The TL;DR for the establishment? It's time we stop pretending that climate solutions are negotiable and deliver on the policies that will secure everyone's livelihood and Congress in November.

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Here are some other highlights from DFP this week:

Voters: “Eat The Rich”

This week we polled Biden’s Billionaire Minimum Income Tax proposal ([link removed]) and find that voters — shocking! — are in favor of Jeff Bezos and Co. paying their fair share. In our experiment we attempted to simulate an environment where voters hear arguments for and against the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax.

Our polling finds that 66 percent of likely voters, including 53 percent of Republicans, think American billionaires should pay more in taxes, while only 4 percent think billionaires should pay less in taxes.

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Then, we divided respondents into two groups: Supporters of the tax were shown arguments against the tax and opponents of the tax were shown arguments for it. We find that support for the proposal is robust: After hearing arguments against the proposal, only 14 percent of supporters are persuaded to oppose it. In contrast, after hearing arguments for the proposal, 34 percent of opponents, including 26 percent of Republicans, are persuaded to support it.

Thus, we find that after hearing arguments for and against, likely voters support the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax by a +30-point margin, including a +3-point margin among Republicans.

Prepare yourselves for some nerd shit.

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In conclusion, the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax is a political winner. Read the full memo here ([link removed]) .

C’mon Clarence.

Unless you’ve been under a rock, you’ve probably heard about some, uh, shady shit ([link removed]) from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ wife Ginny Thomas.

Coincidentally, new polling from us finds voters of both parties agree that the Supreme Court needs a code of ethics that would require justices to excuse themselves from cases involving their personal finances or their families: 81 percent of voters nationwide support a code of ethics, including Republicans by a +63-point margin, Independents by a +71-point margin, and Democrats by a +76-point margin.

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Voters Support Harm Reduction Measures and Decriminalizing Small Amounts of Drug Possession

In the past year, over100,000 Americans died from drug overdose ([link removed]) , up nearly 16 percent from the previous year. New research from Data for Progress and People’s Action suggests that harm reduction policies and decriminalization, which have been proven to save lives ([link removed]) , are supported by large majorities of the American electorate.

Among all likely voters, 79 percent (with a +64-point net margin) support expanding use of medication-assisted treatments that support individuals on their recovery path and help reduce withdrawal symptoms from opioid use disorder. We also find similarly large margins of support among Democrats (+77 points), Independents (+62 points), and Republicans (+52 points).

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Among all likely voters, 64 percent (with a +33-point net margin) support opening overdose prevention centers, where people who have pre-obtained drugs can use them in a sterile, safe location, supervised by medical professionals in case of an overdose. We also find bipartisan support with +67-point, +31-point, and +2-point margins of support among Democrats, Independents, and Republicans, respectively.

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** DFP In The News
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The Ezra Klein Show: Can Democrats Turn Their 2022 Around? ([link removed])

The New York Times:Elizabeth Warren: Democrats Can Avoid Disaster in November ([link removed])

The New York Times:America Has Turned Its Back on Its Poorest Families ([link removed])

The Washington Post: Opinion: Bad news about views of the economy gets worse for Democrats ([link removed])

NBC:Democrats ring alarm bells over young voters and the 2022 election as Biden's ratings slip ([link removed])

The Daily Beast:Biden Can Still Navigate the Politics of Mask Mandates, But It Won’t Be Easy ([link removed])

Time:As COVID-Era Restrictions End, Disabled Americans Want to Avoid a 'Return to Normal' ([link removed])

Vox:How to fight the affordable housing and climate crises at once ([link removed])

Vox:How to think about masking on planes, trains, and buses right now ([link removed])

Huffpost:This Piece Of 'Build Back Better' Is Still A Political No-Brainer ([link removed])

LA Times:Column: Elizabeth Warren knows how Democrats can win the midterms. It starts with canceling student loan debt ([link removed])

The New York Times:Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Sean McElwee and Anat Shenker-Osorio ([link removed])

USA Today:For voters, inflation is top of mind; Biden's signature legislation doesn't register ([link removed])

Business Insider:At least $10,000 in student debt relief should be the 'floor' for Biden, top House progressive says ([link removed])

Newsweek:Disabled Workers Earned 26 Percent Less Than Non-Disabled in 2020: Report ([link removed])

Fair:Blaming Workers, Hiding Profits in Primetime Inflation Coverage ([link removed])

Truthout:Poll Finds 81 Percent of Voters Say Supreme Court Needs Stronger Code of Ethics ([link removed])

KUNR:More LGBTQ candidates hit the campaign trail, despite efforts to limit their rights ([link removed])

The Free Lance-Star:KEN PERROTTE: Fund could be boon for conservation projects ([link removed])

Truthout:Majority of Voters Support Biden’s Billionaire Income Tax, Poll Finds ([link removed])

Up North News:EXCLUSIVE POLL: Americans Oppose the GOP’s Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric and Policies ([link removed])

Gwinnett Daily Post:30 green jobs that can help fight climate change ([link removed])

Mondoweiss:Memo to Democratic leaders: Voters put Israel way down on list of U.S. allies ([link removed])

Newsweek:Younger Voters Are Turning on Biden More Than Any Other Age Group: Poll ([link removed])

Gilmer Mirror:Most Significant Wildlife Conservation Bill in Half a Century” Ready for Votes in House, Senate ([link removed])

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Dems Deliver

It’s hard to be super excited about anything these days, and it’s time for Democrats to do things like, we don’t know, canceling student debt ([link removed]) , passing a Green New Deal and taxing the rich ([link removed]) .

But credit should be given where credit’s due, which is why we’re starting a new section of our newsletter to highlight different ways Democrats have followed through on their promises and led on popular policy actions since the start of the 117th Congress.

So to kick us off this Earth Day: the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in December of last year they would clean up some 49 Superfund sites ([link removed]) thanks to funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Superfund sites are contaminated spaces with hazardous materials. 60% of the sites the EPA announced will be cleaned thanks to BIL funding are located in historically underserved communities. Some of the sites have been stuck on a years-long backlog to be cleaned up.



Sounds like a win to us! We should talk more about our Ws!

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