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/...

“All our small town farmers [are] getting pushed out for bigger corporations … I support Trump. He’s bringing us back to where we should have been.” We talked to folks in Lancaster, WI, about the biggest problems facing their community. ⤵️

oh hey! it's the fossil free media x @dataforprogress.org substack crossover episode you've been dreaming about: dataforclimateprogress.substack.com/p/a-growing-...

NEW POLL with Fossil Free Media: Roughly three-quarters of voters (74%) support requiring oil and gas companies to pay a share of climate-related costs. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/9/...

NEW with @cleantomorrow.org: We talked to state-level stakeholders involved in clean energy siting to identify key barriers to building renewables. Local opposition and misinformation were reported as top barriers. www.dataforprogress.org/memos/9/15/f...

ayyyy!!

New Poll: Democratic Socialism Is Now Mainstream A national poll from Jacobin, DSA Fund, and Data for Progress finds broad support for democratic socialist leaders and left-wing policies.

my fav type of chart, the laundry list of popular progressive policies

NEW DFP Insight from @repcasar.bsky.social, chair of @usprogressives.bsky.social: "Democrats have continued to lose credibility with American workers. And in 2026, we have an opportunity to rebuild trust — if we lead with a populist economic vision that’s as clear as it is popular."

NEW: Sixty-three percent of voters disapprove of Florida ending all vaccine mandates, including for schoolchildren. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/9/...

Recent polling with @weact4ej.bsky.social finds that a plurality of voters are unfamiliar with data centers. A clear majority have heard “nothing at all” about the construction of data centers in their state.

20 something man in a $700+ Louis Vuitton tshirt manspreading from his into my seat on this plane

together we could hold hands and heckle national guard members at metro center

Another day, another round of refusal to understand the most basic truth: a message no one hears by definition cannot persuade them. And a message that sounds like the adults in Peanuts cartoon will never get heard. With more detail from a previous round: bsky.app/profile/anat...