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Reader, what a week. Between the Don’t Worry Darling drama breaking the internet, Lea “Can’t Read This Newsletter” Michele’s debut in Funny Girl, and, well, yesterday, there’s truly too many jokes to be made! But one thing that will always stay consistent in this wild world is your weekly roundup of Data for Progress polling and content. Let’s get into it!

Voters Say No to Party Lines and Yes to Picket Lines

The picket line has been drawn, and voters will not cross it.

New national polling ([link removed]) conducted by Data for Progress in light of the labor movement’s recent resurgence shows that voters overwhelmingly support the new wave of unionization efforts taking place at some of the country’s largest corporations, and are more likely to vote for candidates who are unabashedly pro-worker.

A majority of voters (63 percent) support recent efforts to establish unions at Amazon warehouses, Apple retail stores, Starbucks coffee shops, and other establishments. Voters support unionization by a +38-point margin, including Democrats by a +69-point margin, Independents by a +43-point margin, and Republicans by a +1-point margin.

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Plus, a majority of voters support lawmakers speaking out in favor of labor protections by a +30-point margin, including Democrats by a +63-point margin and Independents by a +32-point margin (we’re looking at you, frontline Dems)!

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So before you order that next Venti Cold Brew, or place another next-day delivery Prime order, think about the folks fighting across the country for fair labor practices — and how a majority of voters are backing them. Read the full national poll and analysis here ([link removed]) .

Here are some other highlights from DFP this week:

Speaking of the labor movement, here’s a love poem:

Roses are red 🌹

Violets are blue 💐

You deserve overtime pay 💰

Other workers do too🤝

Did you know that today only 15% ([link removed]) of salaried workers are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act ([link removed]) , which guarantees overtime pay of at least 1.5 times a worker’s regular pay for hours that exceed 40 per week.

But new Data for Progress polling ([link removed]) finds that voters’ support for overtime pay extends to all workers, not just those eligible under the FLSA. Eighty-six percent of voters agree that employees who work more than 40 hours a week should be guaranteed overtime pay, regardless of what kind of work they do.

Read our full poll and analysis on overtime pay here ([link removed]) .

Open Access Baby!

Each year, U.S. taxpayers spend more than$80 billion dollars ([link removed]) to fund research, yet despite being taxpayer funded, paywalls often prevent taxpayers from accessing the results of the research they fund (free JSTOR anyone??).

Until we can make JSTOR free for every American (pls), new polling ([link removed]) from Data for Progress shows that a majority of voters (83%) agree that federally funded research should at least be freely available for taxpayers to read and access. This includes 86%of Democrats, 80%of Independents, and 82%of Republicans.

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What a bipartisan winner! Read the full poll here ([link removed]) .
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** DFP In The News
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Washington Post:How Biden could help U.S. reach climate goals on his own ([link removed])

FiveThirtyEight:The Supreme Court Is More Unpopular Than Ever. That Could Help Democrats. ([link removed])

The Daily Beast:Democrats Should Campaign as the ‘Party of Effective Government—and Democracy’ ([link removed])

The Independent:Republican plans to block student loan relief would keep millions of Americans in debt ([link removed])

Grist:Against federal guidance, states plan to expand highways ([link removed])

City and State NY:With inflation soaring, some lawmakers want to hike New York’s minimum wage rates next year ([link removed])

New Hampshire Union Leader:Poll: 84% express some level of confidence in N.H. elections, but partisan split exists ([link removed])

Iowa Starting Line:This City Was Voted Iowa’s Best Weekend Getaway ([link removed])

The Herald Bulletin:Editorial: Congress must address student debt ([link removed])

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Dems Deliver

Before yesterday's news flooded the internet with some of the greatest memes of all time, our brain cells were solely focused on the drama happening near a canal in Italy. That is, of course, the Venice Film Festival and Don’t Worry Darling-gate (yes, it’s a gate).

We just have so many questions and zero answers. Did Harry Styles actually spit on Chris Pine? Can we get a detailed timeline of Harry and Olivia’s relationship? Has anyone checked on the Don’t Worry Darling HR team? And when is Netflix releasing a Fyre Festival-style tell-all documentary detailing exactly how this trainwreck happened?

But while all this went down in Venice, big news was also going down in what we will now declare as the Venice of the United States: you guessed it, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Yes, you heard us right. Because Democratic Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan announced that $1.6 million in federal funding from Democrats’ 2021 Infrastructure bill will go towards expanding the Portsmouth Harbor shipping channel turning basin and the dredging of harbor waters, which will help accommodate large shipments (learn more about the project here ([link removed]) ). It might not be as sexy as the raunchy scenes in Don’t Worry Darling, but it will at least help a critical state this November get imports and exports moving faster.

And while you may not be able to stroll down the banks of a shipping channel with an aperol spritz Florence Pugh-style ([link removed]) , we think essential infrastructure investments are just as iconic. We will, however, advise against putting Olivia Wilde in charge of construction.

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