Environmental Polling Roundup – July 2nd, 2021

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including polling on clean energy, the American Jobs Plan, infrastructure, and more.

HEADLINES

Climate Power + Data for Progress – Climate and clean energy components continue to boost support for the American Jobs Plan; voters are especially likely to believe that lead pipe removal, climate resilient infrastructure, and grid modernization provisions will benefit their own communities (Memo, Topline)

Climate Power + LCV – Climate and clean energy provisions in the American Jobs Plan are powerful motivators for young and low-propensity voters in the 2022 midterm election (Memo)

Earthjustice + Environment America + LCV – Voters in battleground U.S. house districts widely support the American Jobs Plan; investments in drinking water infrastructure and wind and solar are especially popular (Press Release, including links to 19 district-specific releases)

POLITICO/Morning Consult – Voters haven’t heard much about the bipartisan infrastructure plan and, absent specific information, less than one-quarter assume it doesn’t go far enough (Topline, Crosstabs)

Yahoo/YouGov – The drop in Democratic voters’ support between Biden’s $4 trillion spending package and the $1.2 trillion infrastructure “compromise” largely cancels out gains in GOP voter support (Topline, Crosstabs)

GOOD DATA POINTS TO HIGHLIGHT

-By a 2:1 margin (62%-31%), voters support passing the American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan together using reconciliation (Invest in America + Data for Progress)

-Voters in battleground U.S. House districts support the American Jobs Plan by a 59%-33% margin (Earthjustice + Environment America + LCV)

-Net national support for the American Jobs Plan increases by 12 points (from +23, 57%-34% to +35, 65%-30%) after voters see the plan’s core climate and clean energy commitments (Climate Power + Data for Progress)

-79% of voters (including 70% of Republicans) believe that the American Jobs Plan’s replacement of lead pipes will have a positive impact on their own community (Climate Power + Data for Progress)

-69% of voters in battleground U.S. House districts support investments in clean energy such as wind and solar by extending tax credits (Earthjustice + Environment America + LCV)

-63% of voters believe the American Jobs Plan’s investments in new renewable energy projects will have a positive impact on their own community (Climate Power + Data for Progress)

-Climate/environment continues to be the most important single issue area for more Americans than any other issue area besides jobs/economy and health care (Economist/YouGov)