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New poll in collaboration with @DataProgress finds Democratic voters support decriminalizing sex work BY A 3-TO-1 MARGIN. Progressive voters are ready to #DecrimNY! Read more here: decrimny.org/post/press-rel… Thanks to @SeanMcElwee for this poll & expanding the conversation 
Notably, the result shows strong Dem. preference for #decrim (where policing & criminal records are removed), NOT the Nordic Model, which seeks to end the sex industry by criminalizing clients of sex workers & anyone who lives with or provides services to sex workers
“Increasingly, Dem. voters are connecting this issue with issues they already support: the rights of workers, immigrants, communities of color, and LGBTQ people. This is especially key as all these communities are under attack in the era of Trump" @SeanMcElwee
"Progressives demand that elected officials respect bodily autonomy...This is particularly true of voters in our communities, who are all too familiar with how the criminalization of sex work is used to profile and police LGBTQ bodies and sexuality" @JaredArader of @LIDbrooklyn
"Dem. voters aren’t interested in half-measures while the Republican Party launches a full-blown assault...Last year’s elections proved that passionate, principled candidates win on these issues" Evan Roth Smith of Slingshot Strategies
Methodology: @DataProgress surveyed 1,012 voters across the country with the question: “Would you support or oppose decriminalizing sex work, as New Zealand did in 2003? This would remove criminal penalties for adults to sell and pay for consensual sex.”
Democratic voters expressed support for decriminalization by a 3-to-1 margin (56% support, 17% oppose, the remaining 27% are neutral or don’t know). 46% of Republicans opposed decriminalization, while only 29% expressed support (the remaining 25% are neutral or don’t know).
This represents a new line in the sand being drawn in progressive politics" @SeanMcElwee
