Latest Gallup Poll Shows Solar #1 Energy Choice Among Large Majority of Americans

This new nationwide poll shows solar topping the list of domestic energy sources that need greater emphasis. Solar stood out, with 91% of respondents saying the U.S. should place more emphasis, or the same emphasis, on solar development. 

QUESTION: Do you think that as a country, the United States should put more emphasis, less emphasis or about the same emphasis as it does now on producing domestic energy from each of the following sources?

GALLUP Poll March 5-8, 2015

	% MORE EMPHASIS	% SAME EMPHASIS	% LESS EMPHASIS
Solar power	79	12	9
Wind	70	14	14
Natural gas	55	32	12
Oil	41	27	30
Nuclear power	35	28	33
Coal	28	27	43

QUESTION: Do you think that as a country, the United States should put more emphasis, less emphasis or about the same emphasis as it does now on producing domestic energy from each of the following sources?

GALLUP Poll 2015 vs. 2013

	% MORE EMPHASIS 2013	% MORE EMPHASIS 2015	DIFFERENCE
Solar power	76	79	+3
Wind	71	70	-1
Natural gas	65	55	-10
Oil	46	41	-5
Nuclear power	37	35	-2
Coal	31	28	-3

QUESTION: Do you think that as a country, the United States should put more emphasis, less emphasis or about the same emphasis as it does now on producing domestic energy from each of the following sources?

(This data was collected for Gallup's annual Environment Poll. The results are based on telephone interviews conducted March 5-8, 2015 with a random sample of –1,025—adults, aged 18+, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. For results based on this sample of national adults, the margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.)