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Joe Biden, a Little Tipsy Off a Rum Raisin Ice Cream Cone Going Buck Wild on an Old To-Do List He Found
Someone must have told Joe that Dems are in hot water because he has been on his hot legislation shit. He finally delivered student debt relief. He announced a plan to cancel at least $10,000 worth of student debt for those earning less than $125,000 a year and to pause student loan repayments through December 31st, 2022.
A majority of voters (60 percent) support the federal government eliminating ‘all’ or ‘some’ student loan debt for every borrower. This includes 81 percent of Democrats, 52 percent of Independents, and 45 percent of Republicans. Eighty-eight percent of voters who are current student loan borrowers, 57 percent of voters who no longer have student loans, and 54 percent of voters who never had student loans are in favor of the federal government eliminating at least some student loan debt for every borrower.
This announcement is a first step towards enacting a widely popular policy that will protect victims of fraud, help Americans plan for their future, and significantly narrow the racial wealth gap to create a more just America that works for everyone. Read the full blog here.
Here are some other highlights from DFP this week:
Biden’s Got A Gas Problem :(
So…our original analysis was roasted on Twitter for showing a correlation between gas prices and Biden’s approval without any attempt to demonstrate causation. But we are back with more evidence!
With nine months of new data since our original post, we continue to see a clear correlation between rising gas prices and Biden’s declining approval. Between the time of our original post and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we see gas prices and Biden disapproval continue to move in tandem until the beginning of the invasion, where they temporarily diverge.
What’s more: Biden’s struggles with voter approval have been mostly unrelated to his actual domestic policy agenda. Our analysis shows that Biden’s break with the status quo is the right call — not only because his policies help American workers and families, but because they are politically sound — they do not appear to be responsible for the president’s decline in approval.
Read the full blog here!
Even People in Terlingua, Texas Should Have TikTok
Last year, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) authorized $1.2 trillion for transportation and infrastructure spending, energy and power infrastructure, access to broadband internet, water infrastructure, and more.
New polling from Data for Progress shows that 56 percent of voters agree that high-speed internet should be a right for all Americans, including 70 percent of Democrats, 57 percent of Independents, and 43 percent of Republicans.
Expand the interwebs so more people can read the DFP newsletter and this blog.
Protect Our Right to Marry Kristen Stewart
Now that we agree that this was our collective bisexual awakening, lets talk gay marriage.
In a concurring opinion on the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas argued that the Supreme Court “should reconsider” its past rulings upholding rights to contraception access, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage. Gross.
The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would protect the right of same-sex couples to marry under federal law. New Data for Progress polling reveals that a majority of voters support the passage of this bill by a +29-point margin, including Democrats by a +62-point margin and Independents by a +42-point margin. Republicans, however, oppose its passage by a -13-point margin. Additionally, voters under the age of 45 support the bill by 14 more points than voters under 45, by a +38-point margin and a +24-point margin respectively.
If you don’t read this blog you are homophobic.
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