Our climate team at @dataforprogress.org logged 900+ miles and 16+ hours of driving over the course of 6 days in Colorado for this report. Please do check it out! Huge thanks to the *many* folks who reviewed and gave feedback throughout the project. www.dataforprogress.org/memos/12/16/...

By a +21-point margin, voters in five Republican-held swing districts say that Republicans should vote to extend expiring ACA tax credits. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/12...

NEW with @careinaction.bsky.social: In Republican-held swing districts, a generic Democrat performs better once voters learn that their representative voted against extending ACA subsidies. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/12...

We need to release ALL the Epstein Files—including Treasury files about Epstein’s financial activities. The American people agree! I’ll keep fighting for full transparency and justice.

What if thousands of us ran for local office on climate?? Here's where to start: our free, virtual, 6-part 2026 Run for Climate Training series. actionnetwork.org/forms/apply-...

A majority of voters are concerned about Trump’s NSPM-7 memo, which states that the U.S. government must target “anti-fascist” political activity, including “anti-American,” “anti-capitalist,” and “anti-Christian” speech.

NEW: A majority of voters think that Trump will try to restrict various types of speech. But in each case, a minority of voters actually want that speech to be restricted.

NEW: A majority of voters (63%) support a Medicare for All system that would: - Eliminate most private insurance plans - Replace premiums with higher taxes - Guarantee health coverage for everyone - Eliminate most out-of-pocket costs like copays and deductibles

Our November climate newsletter is live: 🔥 Our memo w/ Fossil Free Media: Don't run from climate, translate it 🌎 Polling on voter support for phasing out fossil fuels & a s/o of @whitehouse.senate.gov, the sole rep of the US federal gov't @ COP30 dataforclimateprogress.substack.com/p/whitehouse...

A majority of voters also support cutting emissions and phasing out fossil fuels, even when posed against arguments that it would raise costs or hurt fossil fuel companies.

NEW: A strong majority (65%) of voters prefer that the United States takes ambitious action on climate change, even if other countries do not.

NEW: Voters support a variety of progressive immigration policies, including requiring officers to visibly display their identities and prohibiting the detainment of children in ICE facilities. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/11...

you should quit social media if you can. if you can't, you should use apps that give you and old-school reverse chronological feed of posts from people you follow. yes, like bluesky. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...

NEW: Voters have a highly favorable view of SNAP, including 71% of Independents and 69% of Republicans. Voters trust the Democratic Party (51%) more than the Republican Party (43%) to handle SNAP. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/11...

What policies a specific candidate runs on will look different in each race — you can't fake authenticity. But voters everywhere want the government to play a role in lowering costs. www.dataforprogress.org/insights/202...

NEW DFP Insight: Voters everywhere respond when a candidate connects economic populism to clear, actionable goals. Zohran Mamdani's policies are key examples — and they have popular appeal nationwide. www.dataforprogress.org/insights/202...

zohran's election wasn't just a quirk of NYC — his policies are popular nationwide. voters want to see moral conviction and concrete plans to lower costs

Alaska voters view the “One Big Beautiful Bill” negatively by a -5-point margin. Roughly two-thirds of Alaska voters also say that the federal government should extend the enhanced premium health care tax credits at the heart of the government shutdown.

Cost of living continues to be a major concern for Alaska voters. Most Alaska voters are worried about affording groceries, health care, and utilities.

In the Alaska at-large congressional race, Rep. Nick Begich currently leads challenger Matt Schultz by 11 points.

NEW AK POLL: We find that Mary Peltola leads Sen. Sullivan by one point in a hypothetical Senate race. If she were to run for governor, we find Peltola in a commanding lead, leading the next Republican candidate by 31 points in the first round of ranked choice voting.

NEW: Energy prices are straining Americans. But voters like renewable energy, view wind and solar as the cheapest forms of energy, and don't blame renewables for high prices. That gives Democrats the high ground to go on offense on energy prices. Read our new DFP Insight: ⤵️

“As the right uses polling to justify fear, we need to use it to understand possibility.” Read more about his plans for our next steps at Data for Progress: www.dataforprogress.org/insights/202...

We are thrilled to announce that @rodonnell.bsky.social has been named the next executive director of Data for Progress! Ryan is an expert in survey methodology with a long history in progressive and union politics — he has worked with DFP since 2019 to shape our electoral polling.

🚨 Today, Common Wealth launches the Green Planning Commission. A major new initiative to tackle the twin crises of our era: climate breakdown & the affordability crisis. To meet these challenges, we need a new era of democratic planning. 🧵 https://www.common-wealth.org/green-planning-commission

🎉 Join us in London to launch the Green Planning Commission — rethinking the politics & practice of planning for a democratic & decarbonised future 🎙️ Carolina Alves, @brusselermel.bsky.social, Richard Kozul-Wright & @mathewlawrence.bsky.social 🪑 Sarah Nankivell 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/launch-the...

An even greater share of voters, 75%, are concerned about health insurance premiums rising this year.

Two in three voters have heard "a lot" or "some" about rising health insurance premiums.

NEW from @dataforprogress.org & @cplusc.bsky.social: As electricity prices rise, voters most often blame utility companies. They're not wrong: Research from @cplusc.bsky.social & @publicgrids.org shows that this affordability crisis is enabled by utilities’ ratemaking practices & policies, ... 1/2

NEW: A majority of voters (62%) — including majorities across party lines — support the U.S. providing an increased amount of humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.

A strong majority of voters (71%) believe that federal employees who have been furloughed due to the government shutdown should receive compensation for their required time off.

NEW: A majority of voters (63%) disapprove of the Trump administration’s memo to reject the guarantee that furloughed federal workers receive back pay.

NEW: The government shutdown and ceasefire in Gaza were the top stories breaking through to voters from Oct. 10-13. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/10...

By a +19-point margin, voters say that Democrats should only vote for a government funding bill that reverses Republican health care cuts. www.dataforprogress.org/datasets/oct...

This ruling would be against public opinion — our June polling found that a majority of voters believe states should be allowed to ban conversion therapy. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/6/...

NEW: A majority of voters (55%) support the Block the Bombs Act, which would prohibit the U.S. from selling large bombs and heavy artillery shells to Israel.

NEW: Most voters (65%) say highly skilled immigration helps the U.S. by bringing in the “best and brightest,” while 29% think it takes jobs from Americans. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/10...

Americans widely support affordable green housing policies, including requiring competitive wages and safety standards (77%) and energy efficiency and electrification upgrades (74%).

A majority of adults (61%) prefer developing affordable housing to ensure essential needs are met. Only 28% prefer not to increase spending on affordable housing due to concerns over the budget and national debt.

NEW: A majority of Americans report at least one sign of housing precarity, including: - Cutting back on essentials to afford housing (44%) - Reducing other portions of their budget for housing (44%) - Having difficulty paying housing-related costs like utility bills (35%)

do I know anyone living in DC with an EV who parks on the street and uses public EV chargers (aka you don't have your own parking/charging spot)?

Join me to discuss combatting the New Climate Denialism at @carnegieendowment.org this Wednesday, Oct 1 in DC or online, along with my co-panelists @jeremywallace.bsky.social, @cathfraser.bsky.social, @leonardom-d.bsky.social, @noahjgordon.bsky.social and more. carnegieendowment.org/events/2025/...

Want to defeat the New Climate Denialism? Join us next week in DC or online! October 1, 3:30-5pm and then drinks. Speakers include @gretchentg.bsky.social @jeremywallace.bsky.social @cathfraser.bsky.social @leonardom-d.bsky.social carnegieendowment.org/events/2025/... @carnegieendowment.org

this is a cause i care about

NEW: A majority of voters (65%) think medical aid in dying — or, “physician-assisted suicide” — should be an option for someone with a terminal illness.

Groups and organizations committed to tackling these problems head on ought to be applauded and welcomed.

Catastrophic climate change is going to hurt the most marginalized first. In the face of threats that may not just end the United States as a country, but have the potential to wipe billions of human beings out, the urgency of change is self-evident to all people of good faith.

Anti-racism isn't a luxury. Dismantling white supremacy is both a moral imperative and structurally required for the survival of the Republic. Transgender human beings are not disposable. Human rights are universal or they are not human rights.

NEW with Grow Progress: A majority of Democratic base voters and persuadable voters want Democrats to withhold their votes on a GOP budget bill, even if that risks a shutdown. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/9/...