Policies to help disability community political winners October 2016 National Survey Meet Our Team
§ Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi is President and CEO of RespectAbilty, a nonprofit organiza on working to empower people with disabili es to achieve the American dream. She works regularly with na onal, state and local policy leaders, workforce development professionals, media and employers, as well as with disability and faith-based organiza ons in order to expand opportuni es for people with disabili es. She already has met with teams from all 50 states, including 40 governors, on WIOA implementa on. She has published dozens of op-eds on disability issues, including in USA Today, Huffington Post, The Hill and other publica ons. Dyslexic herself, she also knows what it means to parent a child with mul ple disabili es.
§ Lauren Appelbaum, Communica ons Director of RespectAbility. Her role includes managing the presiden al outreach and #RespectTheAbility s gma and social media campaigns. Coordina ng outreach, she and her team have talked with all of the presiden al candidates about the importance of engaging the disability community, repor ng all interviews in The RespectAbility Report. She has a lifelong commitment to equality for people with disabili es. You can reach her at [email protected]
2 2016 Presidential Campaign Outreach
3 Presidential Outreach
We covered all 22 presiden al candidates on the issue of jobs for people with disabili es. We do not endorse any candidate.
Jeb Bush Carly Fiorina Mar n O’Malley Bernie Sanders Ben Carson Jim Gilmore Rand Paul Rick Santorum Lincoln Chafee Lindsey Graham George Pataki Donald Trump Chris Chris e Mike Huckabee Rick Perry Sco Walker Hillary Clinton Bobby Jindal Marco Rubio Jim Webb Ted Cruz John Kasich
Members of our team spent much of December, January and February in New Hampshire and Iowa, working with local disability groups to encourage more people to ask all of the candidates these ques ons. We also succeeded in securing video of the presiden al candidates on record.
Check out the presiden al candidates' responses to the ques onnaire: Super Tuesday Disability Voter Guide
4 Briefings in IA, NH, NV
RespectAbility Director of Communications Lauren Appelbaum talks with Stephanie Carlton, senior advisor for the Jeb Bush campaign, in Manchester, NH
Representatives of Sanders, Bush, Clinton, O'Malley and Santorum campaigns attend a briefing in Des Moines, Iowa
5 Meet Today’s Pollsters
§ Stan Greenberg, Ph.D. Stan Greenberg is a New York Times best-selling author and polling adviser to presidents, prime ministers and CEOs globally and right now, is conduc ng deep research in more than a dozen countries. He was the senior pollster for President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, Bri sh Prime Minister Tony Blair, and President Nelson Mandela. Greenberg's corporate clients include Boeing, BP, Microso , and other global companies. Greenberg's new book, American Ascendant: A Revolu onary Na on's Path to Addressing Its Deepest Problems and Leading the 21st Century (November 2015), brings a new lens to our current period of change he likes to the Industrial Revolu on. Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs, applauds it and says, he has "a great sense of history as well as deep understanding of the hopes and fears of today's Americans.“
§ Whit Ayres is a leading Washington, D.C. poli cal consultant with over 30 years of experience in polling and survey research for high profile poli cal campaigns and associa ons .As Founder and President of North Star Opinion Research, a na onal public opinion and public affairs research firm located in Alexandria, Virginia, Whit provides message development advice and strategic insights to high level poli cal clients including U.S. Senators Marco Rubio, Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, Lindsey Graham, and Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, and associa on clients including the Boy Scouts of America, the Federalist Society, and the Pharmaceu cal Care Management Associa on.
6 Methodology
Na onal phone survey of 900 Likely 2016 Voters. This survey took place October 21-24 among na onal likely voters. Likely voters were determined based on stated inten on of vo ng in 2016, and vote history in 2012 and 2014. Data shown in this deck is among all 2016 likely voters unless otherwise noted.
Margin of error for the full sample is +/-3.27 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level. Of the 900 respondents, 65 percent were interviewed via cell phone in order to accurately sample the American electorate.
7 Half of electorate in disability community
Do you, a family member, or a close friend have a disability, such as a physical, mental health, sensory, learning, cogni ve or other disability that impacts daily living? No disability connec on People with disabili es (PwD) 39% with Family member with disabili es Disability 10 Close friend with disabili es Connec on 33 *50 percent of likely 2016 voters are in the disability community = people with disabili es, family member with a 50% in disability, close friend with a disability. 49 Disability *39 percent of likely 2016 voters have a 16 disability connec on = family member or Community close friend with a disability.
“Do you, a family member, or a close friend have a disability, such as a physical, mental health, sensory, learning, cogni ve or other disability that impacts daily living?” No disability connec on. 49 percent. People with disabili es, 16 percent. Family member with a disability, 33 percent. Close friend with a disability, 10 percent.
8 Disability community has high interest in voting How interested are you in the November elec ons for President, U.S. Congress and other state and local offices? Please rate your interest from one to ten, with one meaning that you have no interest in this elec on and ten meaning that you are extremely interested.
% 10 – Extremely interested
80
60 71 70 73
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0 No disability connec on People with disabili es Disability connec on
“How interested are you in the November elec ons for President, U.S. Congress and other state and local offices? Please rate your interest from one to ten, with one meaning that you have no interest in this elec on and ten meaning that you are extremely interested.”
No disability connec on, 71 percent extremely interested. People with disabili es, 70 percent extremely interested. Disability connec on, 73 percent extremely interested.
9 Disability community more likely to say on wrong track Generally speaking, do you think that things in this country are going in the right direc on, or do you feel things have go en pre y seriously off on the wrong track? 80 +14 +26 +30
60 59 62 54 40 40 33 32 20
0 Right Track Wrong Track Right Track Wrong Track Right Track Wrong Track No disability connec on People with disabili es Disability connec on
“Generally speaking, do you think that things in this country are going in the right direc on, or do you feel things have go en pre y seriously off on the wrong track?”
No disability connec on, right track, 40 percent, wrong track 54 percent. People with disabili es, right track 33 percent, wrong track 59 percent. Disability connec on, right track, 32 percent, wrong track 62 percent.
10 Majorities now approve of President Obama
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?
80 +21 +16 +6
60 59 56 52 40 46 38 40 20
0 Approve Disapprove Approve Disapprove Approve Disapprove
No disability connec on People with disabili es Disability connec on
“Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?”
No disability connec on, approve, 59 percent, disapprove 38 percent. People with disabili es, approve, 56 percent, disapprove 40 percent. Disability connec on, approve, 52 percent, disapprove 46 percent.
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Voters more likely to support candidates advocating disability policies Now I am going to read you a list of things our leaders can do to address the challenges facing people with disabili es. For each, please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority. Much more likely ALL 2016 LIKELY VOTERS Somewhat more likely
Ending rape and assault of children and adults with disabili es 67 87
Ensuring that children with disabili es get the educa on and training they 61 82 need to succeed
Expanding job and career opportuni es for people with disabili es, so they 59 84 can succeed just like anyone else.
“Now I am going to read you a list of things our leaders can do to address the challenges facing people with disabili es. For each, please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority.”
Among all 2016 likely voters: Ending rape and assault of children and adults with disabili es, 67 percent much more likely. Ensuring that children with disabili es get the educa on and training they need to succeed, 61 percent much more likely. Expanding job and career opportuni es for people with disabili es, so they can succeed just like anyone else, 59 percent much more likely.
12 Other policies receive strong support as well
Now I am going to read you a list of things our leaders can do to address the challenges facing people with disabili es. For each, please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority. ALL 2016 LIKELY VOTERS Much more likely Somewhat more likely Standing up against Hollywood bigotry and nega ve portrayals of people 39 65 with disabili es.
Ensuring that criminal jus ce reform specifically addresses the issues of the 750,000 people with disabili es incarcerated in America 30 58
Promo ng posi ve media portrayals of people with disabili es in TV, 30 58 Hollywood movies, and books
“Now I am going to read you a list of things our leaders can do to address the challenges facing people with disabili es. For each, please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority.”
Among all 2016 likely voters: Standing up against Hollywood bigotry and nega ve portrayals of people with disabili es, 39 percent much more likely. Ensuring that criminal jus ce reform specifically addresses the issues of the 750,000 people with disabili es incarcerated in America, 30 percent much more likely. Promo ng posi ve media portrayals of people with disabili es in TV, Hollywood movies, and books, 30 percent much more likely.
13 These policies are important to Democrats
Now I am going to read you a list of things our leaders can do to address the challenges facing people with disabili es. For each, please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority.
DEMOCRATS & DEMOCRATIC LEANING INDEPENDENTS Much more likely Somewhat more likely
Ensuring that children with disabili es get the educa on and training they need 77 90 Ending rape and assault of children and adults with disabili es. 72 90
Expanding job and career opportuni es for people with disabili es Ensuring that criminal jus ce reform specifically addresses the people with disabili es 67 91 46 75 Standing up against Hollywood bigotry 45 73 Promo ng posi ve media portrayals 40 71
“Please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority.”
Among Democrats and Democra c leaning independents: Ensuring that children with disabili es get the educa on and training they need, 77 percent much more likely. Ending rape and assault of children and adults with disabili es, 72 percent much more likely. Expanding job and career opportuni es for people with disabili es, 67 percent much more likely. Ensuring that criminal jus ce reform specifically addresses the people with disabili es, 46 percent much more likely. Standing up against Hollywood bigotry, 45 percent much more likely. Promo ng posi ve media portrayals, 40 percent much more likely.
14 Disability policies important to Republicans
Now I am going to read you a list of things our leaders can do to address the challenges facing people with disabili es. For each, please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority. REPUBLICANS & REPUBLICAN LEANING INDEPENDENTS Much more likely Somewhat more likely Ending rape and assault of children and adults with disabili es. 63 84 Expanding job and career opportuni es for people with disabili es 49 76
Ensuring that children with disabili es get the educa on and training they need 42 76 Standing up against Hollywood bigotry 34 59
Promo ng posi ve media portrayals 19 42
Ensuring that criminal jus ce reform specifically addresses the people with disabili es 12 39
“Please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority.”
Among Republicans and Republican leaning independents: Ending rape and assault of children and adults with disabili es, 63 percent much more likely. Expanding job and career opportuni es for people with disabili es, 49 percent much more likely. Ensuring that children with disabili es get the educa on and training they need, 42 percent much more likely. Standing up against Hollywood bigotry, 34 percent much more likely. Promo ng posi ve media portrayals, 19 percent much more likely. Ensuring that criminal jus ce reform specifically addresses the people with disabili es, 12 percent much more likely.
15 Electorally important to undecided voters in congressional race Now I am going to read you a list of things our leaders can do to address the challenges facing people with disabili es. For each, please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority. UNDECIDED IN CONGRESSIONAL BALLOT Much more likely Somewhat more likely
Ending rape and assault of children and adults with disabili es. 64 86 Ensuring that children with disabili es get the educa on and training they need 63 86
Expanding job and career opportuni es for people with disabili es 61 86 Standing up against Hollywood bigotry 36 67
Ensuring that criminal jus ce reform specifically addresses the people with disabili es 36 58
Promo ng posi ve media portrayals 27 59
“Please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority.”
Among undecided voters in the congressional ballot: Ending rape and assault of children and adults with disabili es, 64 percent much more likely. Ensuring that children with disabili es get the educa on and training they need, 63 percent much more likely. Expanding job and career opportuni es for people with disabili es, 61 percent much more likely. Standing up against Hollywood bigotry, 36 percent much more likely. Ensuring that criminal jus ce reform specifically addresses the people with disabili es, 36 percent much more likely. Promo ng posi ve media portrayals, 27 percent much more likely.
16 People call to protect people with disabilities from rape, assault
Now I am going to read you a list of things our leaders can do to address the challenges facing people with disabili es. For each, please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority. Ending rape and assault of children and adults with Much more likely disabili es Somewhat more likely 100 90 83 84 80
60
40 68 62 69 20
0 No disability connec on People with disabili es Disability connec on “Please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority.”
Ending rape and assault of children and adults with disabili es: No disability connec on, 68 percent much more likely. People with disabili es, 62 percent much more likely. Disability connec on, 69 percent much more likely.
17 People with disabilities most likely to reward education policies Now I am going to read you a list of things our leaders can do to address the challenges facing people with disabili es. For each, please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority.
Ensuring that children with disabili es get the Much more likely educa on and training they need to succeed Somewhat more likely 100 86 84 79 80
60 40 78 57 63 20
0 No disability connec on People with disabili es Disability connec on “Please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority.”
Ensuring that children with disabili es get the educa on and training they need to succeed: No disability connec on, 57 percent much more likely. People with disabili es, 78 percent much more likely. Disability connec on, 63 percent much more likely.
18 Community very concerned with job opportunities Now I am going to read you a list of things our leaders can do to address the challenges facing people with disabili es. For each, please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority.
Expanding job and career opportuni es for people with Much more likely disabili es, so they can succeed just like anyone else. Somewhat more likely 100 93 81 86 80 60 40 55 66 62 20 0 No disability connec on People with disabili es Disability connec on “Please tell me if this stand would make you much more likely, somewhat more, a li le more or no more likely to support a candidate for elected office who makes this a priority.”
Expanding job and career opportuni es for people with disabili es, so they can succeed just like anyone else: No disability connec on, 55 percent much more likely. People with disabili es, 66 percent much more likely. Disability connec on, 62 percent much more likely.
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#PwDsVote 2016 Disability Questionnaire
§ We asked all presiden al, gubernatorial and Senate candidates on both sides of the aisle to fill out a ques onnaire on disability issues. § Ques ons designed to bring a en on to candidates about barriers to employment faced by people with disabili es and enable general popula on to become educated on their policies. § Presiden al Survey: January – February 2016 § Senate and Governors Survey: July – October 2016
21 #PwDsVote 2016 Questionnaire Topics
§ 16-17 ques ons sent to all candidates on these issues & more:
§ Accessibility § Housing § Assis ve Technology § Independent Living § Criminal Jus ce System § Interna onal Disability Policy § Educa on § Sexual Assault & Rape § Employment § S gma § Educa on § Transporta on § Healthcare § Veterans with Disabili es
22 Down Ballot Questionnaire for Gubernatorial Candidates
State Gubernatorial Candidate View Full Answers
Delaware Colin Bonini (R) PwDsVoteBonini
Delaware John Carney (D) PwDsVoteCarney
Missouri Chris Koster (D) PwDsVoteKoster
Montana Steve Bullock (D) PwDsVoteBullock
Montana Greg Gianforte (R) PwDsVoteGianforte
New Hampshire Derek Dextraze (D) PwDsVoteDextraze (lost primary)
Oregon Bud Pierce (R) PwDsVotePierce
Utah Mike Weinholtz (D) PwDsVoteWeinholtz
Vermont Sue Minter (D) PwDsVoteMinter
Vermont Phil Sco (R) PwDsVoteSco
Washington Bill Bryant (R) PwDsVoteBryant
23 Down Ballot Questionnaire for Senate Candidates 1
State Senate Candidate View Full Answers
Alabama Ron Crumpton (D) PwDsVoteCrumpton
California Kamala Harris (D) PwDsVoteHarris
California Lore a Sanchez (D) PwDsVoteSanchez
Florida (lost primary) Dwight Young (R) PwDsVoteYoung
Hawaii John Carroll (R) PwDsVoteCarroll
Illinois Tammy Duckworth (D) PwDsVoteDuckworth
Illinois Mark Kirk (R) PwDsVoteKirk
Kansas Patrick Wiesner (R) PwDsVoteWiesner
Louisiana Foster Campell (D) PwDsVoteCampbell
Louisiana Caroline Fayard (D) PwDsVoteFayard
Louisiana Abhay Patel (R) PwDsVotePatel
Maryland Kathy Szeliga (R) PwDsVoteSzeliga
Maryland Chris Van Hollen (D) PwDsVoteVanHollen
24 Down Ballot Questionnaire for Senate Candidates 2
State Senate Candidate View Full Answers
Missouri Jason Kander (D) PwDsVoteKander
Nevada Joe Heck (R) PwDsVoteHeck
Nevada Catherine Cortez Masto (D) PwDsVoteMasto
New Hampshire Kelly Ayo e (R) PwDsVoteAyo e
New Hampshire Maggie Hassan (D) PwDsVoteHassan
North Carolina Richard Burr (R) PwDsVoteBurr
North Carolina Deborah Ross (D) PwDsVoteRoss
Ohio Joe DeMare (Green) PwDsVoteDeMare
Oregon Mark Callahan (R) PwDsVoteCallahan
Pennsylvania Ka e McGinty (D) PwDsVoteMcGinty
South Dakota Jay Williams (D) PwDsVoteWilliams
Vermont Patrick Leahy (D) PwDsVoteLeahy
Wisconsin Russ Feingold (D) PwDsVoteFeingold
25 Importance of Down Ballot Elections § 39 total responses including 26 Senate and 11 Gubernatorial candidates § Bipar san response (24 D, 14 R, 1 Green) § Responses also geographically-diverse § Such a diverse response shows that poli cians are paying more and more a en on to disability community
26 Voter Guides § Used ques onnaire to create individual state voter guides § Also included ranking in employment data for state, comments on WIOA dra s and best prac ces (if available) in each state
27 Issue-Based Pieces
§ Accessibility § Foreign Policy § Assis ve Technology § Healthcare § Community-Based § Housing Living § Police Violence / Crime § Criminal Jus ce § Rape and Assault § Educa on § Transporta on § Employment § Veterans Rights Linked pieces have been posted as of Nov. 2; the rest will be posted the same week. All pieces can be found on The RespectAbility Report 28 Use Facebook, Email and Tweets!
§ Lists of influen al people: § Hillary Clinton Campaign Staff § Donald Trump Campaign Staff § Gary Johnson Campaign Staff § Jill Stein Campaign Staff § 2016 Candidates for Governor § 2016 Candidates for Senator § Tweet the presiden al, senate and gubernatorial candidates! § Don’t just tweet the candidates; tweet their staff as well. § Remember, disability rights is not a par san issue.
29 RespectAbility Contact Information
We have many resources for policy makers and employers on our website and are ready to help! RespectAbilityUSA 11333 Woodglen Drive, #102 Rockville, MD 20852 www.RespectAbilityUSA.org Cell: (202) 365 – 0787 Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, President [email protected]