By John L. Ray (@johnlray) and Sean McElwee (@SeanMcElwee)

In our What The Hell Happened survey, we find clear support for a green jobs guarantee, a key component of the Green New Deal that Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Sunrise movement have championed. In our survey fielded in the weeks before the midterm election, we asked respondents if they would support or oppose “giving every unemployed American who wants one a job building energy-efficient infrastructure.” Respondents could report if they strongly support, somewhat supported, neither support nor opposed, opposed, strongly opposed, or had no opinion of a green jobs guarantee. The sample was weighted to the 2018 electorate with help from progressive data firm Catalist.

We find that 66 percent of respondents somewhat or strongly support the policy, compared to just 13 percent who somewhat or strongly opposed the policy. While 22 percent of respondents reported neither supporting nor opposing, or being unsure, even if all of those respondents came to oppose the policy, somewhat/strongly support would still be the leading position.