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Today kicks off the 12 Days of Common Ground, starting with a partridge in a policy tree. Each day, we’ll highlight one policy area where Americans across the political spectrum agree from our CGOAP list: vop.org/common-ground/ Stay tuned in the coming days for more findings!

On the second day of Common Ground, majorities agree: For very low income workers without children, increase the maximum tax credit they can receive for working (EITC) from $630 to $1,300 (69%, R 63%, D 75%) For more: vop.org/common-ground.

On the third day of Common Ground, majorities agree: To help reduce the cost of most prescription drugs by half, cap the price to what is charged in other developed countries. (78%, R 75%, D 87%). For more: vop.org/common-ground.

On the fourth day of Common Ground, majorities agree: To help provide disaster relief overseas, including food, shelter and medicine, devote at least one percent of the federal budget to foreign aid programs (89%, R 84%, D 94%) For more: vop.org/common-ground.

On the fifth day of Common Ground, majorities agree: To help shore up Social Security's deficit, make wages over $400k subject to the payroll tax. (81%, R 79%, D 88%) For more: buff.ly/iIu4q1l

On the sixth day of Common Ground, majorities agree: To help regulate AI, create a new federal agency that oversees new products, provides guidance on policy, and enforces regulations. (74%, R 68%, D 81%) For more: vop.org/common-ground.

On the seventh day of Common Ground, majorities agree: To help reduce the national deficit, tax income made from stocks the same as ordinary income for people who make over $1 million. (68%, R 65%, D 71%) For more: vop.org/common-ground.

On the eighth day of Common Ground, majorities agree: To help make treatment for substance use disorder available to more people who need it, invest at least $11 billion in treatment clinics and professionals. (80%, R 77%, D 86%) For more: vop.org/common-ground.

On the ninth day of Common Ground, bipartisan majorities agree: To reduce costs for families with young children, provide subsidies to childcare facilities so that no family has to pay more than seven percent of their income. (76%, R 66%, D 88%). For more: vop.org/common-ground

On the 10th day of Common Ground, bipartisan majorities agree: To keep low-income families on Medicaid from losing health insurance coverage, do not reduce federal spending on the program below 2024 levels (81%, R 75%, D 86%). For more: vop.org/common-ground.

On the 11th day of Common Ground, bipartisan majorities agree: To reduce costs for very low-income families, increase the amount of food stamps that single parents can receive by up to $70 a month (70%, R 68%, D 76%). For more: vop.org/common-ground.

On the 12th Day of Common Ground, bipartisan majorities agree: For undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US illegally as minors, allow them to apply for full legal status and eventually citizenship. (80%, R 69%, D 92%) For more: vop.org/common-ground.

As our 12 Days of Common Ground come to a close, we’ve highlighted just a handful of the more than 250 policy areas where bipartisan majorities agree. The takeaway is simple: the American public is far less divided than our politics suggest. For more: vop.org/common-ground.