Research and Reports
How Progressives Can Rebuild Lost Ground in the Rust Belt and Beyond
We worked with the Center for Working-Class Politics, Rutgers LEARN Center, YouGov, and Jacobin to poll 3,000 voters in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania about what they thought about the Democrats, the Republicans, and the issues that matter them the most. Click here to read what they said (PDF).
Runaway Inequality and Covid-19
We showed that COVID deaths in the first six months of the pandemic were racially disproportionate not because of race but because of work status. The data are described here.
Mass Layoffs
We discovered that the erosion of support for Democratic candidates was greatest in the counties and states that have suffered the greatest number of layoffs since the 1980s.