MCJ AMA: Danielle Deiseroth - Data for Progress
Join us in the MCJ Community Slack for our next MCJ Ask-Me-Anything with Danielle Deiseroth, Executive Director of Data for Progress.
Let’s meet our guest…
Meet Danielle: Danielle joined the Data for Progress team in 2020 and built their climate and environmental polling practice into a critical resource for the climate movement. Danielle has led dozens of public opinion research projects on climate and energy issues at the national, state, and congressional district levels. Before joining Data for Progress, Danielle traveled the country as an aide on the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, and she began her career as a strategy consultant in Washington, D.C. A proud native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Danielle is a graduate of Columbia University, where she studied chemical and environmental engineering. In her free time, Danielle enjoys spending time with her family and friends, baking, and doing crosswords.
About Data for Progress: Data for Progress is ‘the think tank for the future of progressivism’, producing polling, database messaging, and policy generation for progressive causes, campaigns and candidates.
→ MCJ Podcast: Listen to Danielle’s episode with Cody here.
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Our AMA with Danielle will start on Thursday 24th August at 10am PST - 1pm EST - 6pm BST - 7pm CET and will run asynchronously in the MCJ AMA slack channel for 24 hours.
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In Cody's podcast episode with Danielle they cover:
[2:40] An overview of Data for Progress and Danielle's background
[7:38] The organization's earned media success
[9:02] How Data for Progress is structured and the skill sets that contribute to its rapid response
[13:02] Polling results regarding climate messaging and trigger words
[21:00] Polarization around electric vehicles
[23:36] The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and popular electrification rebates
[26:10] Polling results from states that are receiving financial benefits from the IRA
[27:32] The role of resiliency messaging
[30:46] Direct air capture (DAC) hubs and regional differences in sentiment
[35:42] The importance of environmental justice and workforce development in the clean energy transition
[37:29] What's next for Data for Progress leading up to the 2024 election
[40:53] How people can help
→ You can find a transcript of the full conversation here.
You can also dig into Danielle's work further via:
A behind-the-scenes look at how the Inflation Reduction Act came together
Data for Progress’ recent report: Advancing Equitable Deployment of Regional DAC Hubs
Dig into Data for Progress’ extensive body of work, reports and projects focused on climate.
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