Resource Type: Research & Articles

Key Takeaways:

Support for Biden and Democrats’ new economic plan is vast, with seven in ten Americans in support of it.
Lowering prescription drug prices and expanding Medicare to include vision, dental, and hearing coverage are the most broadly supported proposals for new economic legislation.
Nearly three in four say it is urgent that the House and Senate pass this legislation.

This post includes a roundup of climate + environment headlines from this week’s public polls, good data points to highlight, and a full roundup with key takeaways from each poll – including new polls on the Build Back Better budget, a study on the impact of language in the natural gas debate, and extreme weather polling.
HEADLINES

Navigator – Specific details engender broad support for the Build Back Better budget, even when it’s framed as a Democratic bill (Release, Slide Deck, Topline)
Washington Post/ABC News – The Build Back Better budget has slim majority support when described as $3.5 trillion in spending for “expanded social programs, educational assistance and programs to address climate change” (Topline, Crosstabs)
No Labels & American Action Network – Opposition polls claim that Americans want to pause on the kind of government spending included in the Build Back Better budget (Axios Article on No Labels Poll, No Labels Release, American Action Network Release)
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication – Language used to describe gas as an energy source is hugely impactful in shaping opinions; Americans have positive attitudes about “natural gas,” but not about methane (Academic Paper, YPCCC Article)
Economist/YouGov – Americans continue to attribute recent extreme weather events more to climate change than natural patterns; nearly one in four say they were personally impacted by Eastern seaboard hurricanes (Topline, Crosstabs)

This post includes a roundup of climate + environment headlines from this week’s public polls, good data points to highlight, and a full roundup including key takeaways from each poll.
HEADLINES

POLITICO/Morning Consult – Voters widely support major items in the Build Back Better budget, including renewable energy, even when the budget is framed as Democrats’ bill (Topline, Crosstabs)
Data for Progress + Invest in America – Long-term care and grid modernization continue to drive support for the Build Back Better budget; voters are resistant to the idea of cutting any of the plan’s major provisions (Release, Topline)
Reuters/Ipsos – Less than half of Republican voters trust their own party on the environment (Release)
Daily Kos/Civiqs – Voters remain mixed on the Paris Climate Agreement and Keystone XL cancellation (Release)