Voters love the GND
Deiseroth 21, Danielle, Danielle joined the Data for Progress team in 2020 and built the climate and environmental polling practice into a critical resource for the climate movement. She has worked in tandem with the organization’s political, communications, and polling teams to spearhead rapid response polling highlighting the popularity of the Inflation Reduction Act and other Democratic policy priorities, Voters Overwhelmingly Support the Green New Deal, April 19th, 2021, https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2021/4/19/voters-support-green-new-deal[AMoss]
In 2019, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey introduced the Green New Deal, a landmark resolution outlining the critical steps America should take to tackle the climate crisis, address environmental injustices, and ensure every American has access to a good-paying job. Since the Green New Deal’s introduction, Data for Progress has conducted extensive research and polling on the popularity of the bill and its policy planks.
With Representative Ocasio-Cortez set to reintroduce the Green New Deal resolution in Congress this week, Data for Progress assessed the popularity of the proposal and its policy planks among likely voters in an April 2021 national survey. Two years after the bill’s introduction, Data for Progress finds the Green New Deal resolution and its policy planks still enjoy remarkable support across party lines:
The Green New Deal remains highly popular, enjoying a 31-percentage-point margin of voter support. This includes nearly all Democrats, a majority of Independents, and over one-third of Republicans.
Voters want their member of Congress to co-sponsor the Green New Deal. A majority of voters (57 percent) say they would support if their member of Congress co-sponsored the Green New Deal resolution when it is reintroduced in Congress.
Co-sponsoring the Green New Deal can help members of Congress win in the 2022 midterms. A majority of voters (51 percent) say they’d be more likely to re-elect their representative if they co-sponsor the Green New Deal.
GOP attacks on the Green New Deal aren’t working. Even when presented with a right-wing talking point that the Green New Deal would be “a waste of taxpayer money that will increase the national debt”, a majority of voters (52 percent) still think lawmakers should pass the Green New Deal.
Every major policy plank of the Green New Deal enjoys widespread bipartisan support. Voters strongly support lowering utility costs, reducing pollution, helping family farmers adopt sustainable practices, making communities more resilient to extreme weather, and investing in frontline communities.
The Green New Deal Remains Popular