Voters Support Clean Energy And Offshore Drilling, Poll Finds

Grist:

Seventy-eight percent of voters believe that investing in clean energy is important to revitalizing the economy, according to a new Zogby International poll commissioned by the National Wildlife Federation. The findings support growing calls for a green economic-stimulus package.

The poll of 3,357 voters nationwide, conducted Nov. 5-6, found that support for green investment is even higher among voters ages 18-24, at 87 percent.
"While the economy was the top issue in the 2008 election, clean energy clearly emerged as part of voter expectations for getting the economy back on track," said John Zogby, president of Zogby International.

Fifty-seven percent of all age groups surveyed said it was important to them in this election to back candidates who supported reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, compared to 49 percent in 2006. And 60 percent said they wanted their elected officials to make global warming a high priority, compared to 58 percent in 2006.

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Comments

[Semaj51]

No surprise. Most people do want cleaner energy sources. But at the same time, they realize that we still need oil to keep the current economy alive and at the same time not to send our dollars overseas.

[KillTheMessenger]

What they do not realize, however, is that domestic drilling is not an answer to the problem. The only useful data these polls produce is the insight that voters on average decide purely on emotional criteria (whatever feels good or right) and do not apply any quantitative methods to make their decisions. And that wouldn't be exactly new, either.