Polling Data: Support for Solar
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?
% 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?
% 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?
% REPUBLICANS | % INDEPENDENTS | % DEMOCRATS | |
---|---|---|---|
Solar power | 70 | 83 | 82 |
Wind | 63 | 69 | 81 |
Natural gas | 66 | 52 | 49 |
Oil | 60 | 38 | 28 |
Nuclear power | 47 | 34 | 24 |
Coal | 40 | 24 | 22 |
(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.)
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