Data for Progress

Topics of polling conducted by Data for Progress include Social Security funding,[3] the United States Postal Service,[4] environmental policy[5][6] (including the Green New Deal[7][8]), proposals for Medicare for All,[9] pharmaceutical drug pricing,[10] capping credit card interest rates,[11] reallocating funds appropriated to the defense budget to domestic services,[12] North Korea–United States relations,[13] environmentally sustainable housing,[14] hydraulic fracturing,[15] and the Authorization for Use of Military Force.[16]

Data for Progress regularly conducts election polling, especially for primary elections. In the 2020 race for New York's 16th congressional district, Data for Progress was the sole public pollster to show challenger Jamaal Bowman lead incumbent Eliot Engel.[17][18][19] In the 2020 presidential cycle, Data for Progress's polling on viewer response to the presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was covered by the Washington Post.[20]

Data for Progress is credited in The Atlantic with releasing one of the first reports on the Green New Deal.[21] Data for Progress has released numerous reports on housing policy,[22] including on green housing[23]

Data for Progress's blog has been contributed to by numerous political figures. These include Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,[24] Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren,[25] Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders,[26] Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley,[27] Oregon Senator Ron Wyden,[28][29] New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,[30] California Representative Nanette Barragán,[31] Wisconsin Representative Mark Pocan, Illinois Representative Chuy García,[32] American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten,[33] NY-14 Democratic nominee Ritchie Torres,[34] NY-17 Democratic nominee Mondaire Jones,[35][36] former Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign press secretary Brian Fallon,[37] and New York State Senator Michael Gianaris.[38][39]