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Bluebird electric school bus driven by Delaware man. Image: Bluebird/Fat Finger
Q1. On Tuesday, in a policy shift President Biden gave the green light to Ukraine to use long-range missiles supplied by the US to strike Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously warned Western nations against such a move, saying it would represent NATO's "direct participation" in the Ukraine war.
Do you support Biden's decision?
Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously warned Western nations against such a move, saying it would represent NATO's "direct participation" in the Ukraine war.
Do you support Biden's decision?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Yes
52%
47%
57%
23%
52%
82%
30%
62%
48%
59%
No
40%
45%
35%
69%
42%
9%
39%
35%
45%
37%
Don't know
8%
8%
8%
8%
6%
9%
31%
3%
6%
4%
Don't care
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Q2. On Sunday, Biden became the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon rainforest. The region is roughly the size of Australia, and acts as an enormous carbon sink. Its vegetation captures 20% of all the carbon captured by vegetation across the planet, and its soil holds the same amount.
During his visit, Biden signed a declaration making November 17th International Conservation Day and vowed that the US would spend millions on restoring land, planting native tree species, supporting biodiversity efforts and increasing fertilizer efficiency programs on the Amazon.
Do you support Biden's actions?
During his visit, Biden signed a declaration making November 17th International Conservation Day and vowed that the US would spend millions on restoring land, planting native tree species, supporting biodiversity efforts and increasing fertilizer efficiency programs on the Amazon.
Do you support Biden's actions?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Yes
59%
50%
66%
18%
67%
99%
65%
56%
55%
64%
No
35%
42%
28%
71%
25%
1%
23%
39%
38%
32%
Don't know
5%
5%
5%
9%
5%
0%
10%
1%
6%
4%
Don't care
2%
3%
0%
3%
3%
0%
2%
3%
2%
0%
Q3. School bus manufacturer Bluebird, based in Fort Valley, GA, will receive $80m from the Dept of Energy via Biden sponsored legislation to help it transition to building electric busses, a grant that was conditioned on the company allowing its workers to unionize.
The grant checks several of Biden's industrial policy boxes: Clean energy, domestic manufacturing, a strengthened hand for labor, in a community that had suffered economically since the 1980s.
Do you support such a grant, and do you think the Biden Administration did much to help, or lay the groundwork to help, working class Americans?
The grant checks several of Biden's industrial policy boxes: Clean energy, domestic manufacturing, a strengthened hand for labor, in a community that had suffered economically since the 1980s.
Do you support such a grant, and do you think the Biden Administration did much to help, or lay the groundwork to help, working class Americans?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Don't care
1%
3%
0%
3%
2%
0%
12%
0%
0%
On May 31, the Biden administration said it would allow Ukraine to use US-supplied artillery and short-range rockets to strike targets in Russia, a reversal of previous policy.
Which US-supplied artillery and missiles, if any, do you think Ukraine should be allowed to fire into Russia?
12% Short range
1% Long range
63% Both
21% Neither
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