Memo: Voters Support the Biden-Sanders Task Force Recommendations
By Andrew Mangan, Mary Painter, Erik Shell (Data for Progress) and Emily Bello-Pardo, Monika Nayak, John Ray, Mark White (YouGov Blue)
Over the last two years, Data for Progress and YouGov Blue have fielded twenty-five national surveys—totaling over 1,600 questions—to measure public opinion across various policy areas. This document reviews polling on policies relevant to the recent Biden–Sanders Unity Task Force recommendations memo. We read the document, paying special attention to policies mentioned in the latter half of the memo, and compared it to the database of questions we have asked on nationally representative surveys of self-identified registered voters. We find that most of the policies for which we have data enjoy, at minimum, a plurality of support among the American electorate—and many policies are supported by a large majority.
We compiled a spreadsheet laying out all relevant polling and corresponding recommendations in the Unity Task Force memo, but we highlight here a number of especially relevant and important polling numbers. We organize this document in the same way as the task force’s memo, with sections for climate, criminal justice, the economy, education, healthcare, and immigration.
