Support for nuclear power has been steadily increasing over the past several years, and the majority of Americans now say that the country should expand its use. More than half of Americans (56%) now say that they favor building more nuclear power plants, which represents a 13-point increase since 2020 (43%) in Pew’s polling. While solar and wind remain the only energy sources that bipartisan majorities support expanding, the gap between Democratic and Republican support for nuclear energy is less than for any other energy source tested by Pew. Here are the differences between Democrats’ and Republicans’ support for expanding different energy sources, ranked from smallest to largest: Nuclear power plants – 18 points (67% of Republicans and 49% of Democrats); Solar panel farms – 27 points (91% of Democrats and 64% of Republicans); Wind turbine farms – 32 points (88% of Democrats and 56% of Republicans); Hydraulic fracking – 45 points (68% of Republicans and 23% of Democrats); Offshore oil and gas drilling – 47 points (73% of Republicans and 26% of Democrats); Coal mining – 48 points (64% of Republicans and 16% of Democrats).