Data for Progress

Congress Must Pass the American Worker Holiday Relief Act

One month from today, more than 12 million workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own will see their incomes go to zero.

Guest UserDecember 1, 2020Taxes and Spending, Workers Rights, Guest Writers, Coronavirus, Economy

Voters Reject the Politics of Austerity

This blog is the third in a series of posts that explore likely voters’ attitudes towards the national debt and deficit-financed spending.

Guest UserNovember 30, 2020Taxes and Spending, Coronavirus, Healthcare, Economy

A Yellen Treasury Department is Good News for the Climate

After nearly four years of a Treasury Department led by Wall Street hedge fund manager Steven Mnuchin, all signs are pointing toward Janet Yellen, a renowned economist and former Chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, being President-Elect Biden's nominee for Treasury Secretary.

Guest UserNovember 25, 2020Climate, Taxes and Spending, Economy

We Need a Clean Energy Economic Recovery

Among the many crises President-elect Biden will inherit from Donald Trump on January 20, 2021, the economic and climate crises will be the most urgent.

Guest UserNovember 20, 2020Guest Writers, Climate, Taxes and Spending, Coronavirus, Economy

Green New Deal Slate Victories

While it’s a relief to know that we will no longer have a climate denier in the White House and instead have a President for whom climate is a top priority, to address the climate crisis at scale, we need allies and climate champions at every level of government.

Guest UserNovember 19, 2020Climate, Elections

Voters Support Redistributive Economic Policies

As part of an October survey, Data for Progress tested two progressive priorities: a $15 minimum wage and Democratic congressman Jim Clyburn’s 10-20-30 rule which would target federal funding towards communities that face persistent poverty.

Guest UserNovember 10, 2020Workers Rights, Justice

DFP Final Election Polling

All of the polls published by Data for Progress between 11/1/2020 and 11/2/2020, collected together for posterity.

Guest UserNovember 3, 2020State-level Polling, Elections

The Most Important Chart You’ll See Today

Political scientist E. E. Schattschneider understood power as potential. To him, much of the work of politics focused on deciding what kinds of conflict were worth socializing and what kinds should be suppressed.

Guest UserNovember 2, 2020Elections

Voters Support Deficit Spending and Trust the Democratic Party More On Questions of the Debt

This blog builds upon the findings of a previous post on likely voters’ attitudes towards the national debt and deficit-financed spending.

Guest UserNovember 2, 2020Taxes and Spending, Economy

Joe Biden Continues to Lead Trump Heading Into Election Day

As the 2020 election draws to a close, Democratic nominee for president Joe Biden maintains his steady lead over President Donald Trump. In a survey fielded from October 28 to October 29, 2020, Data for Progress asked 1,403 likely voters nationwide about the presidential race and their attitudes towards Biden’s proposal to invest $2 trillion over the next four years in new clean energy jobs and infrastructure projects.

Guest UserNovember 1, 2020Elections, Infrastructure, Climate, Economy