Polling Quick Hits – June 11th, 2021

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including polling on infrastructure and climate policy and oil and gas company accountability.

 

HEADLINES:

POLITICO/Morning Consult – Americans still want to pass Biden’s infrastructure bill and support paying for it with corporate taxes; Democratic voters are more amenable to the Senate GOP proposal than Republican voters are to Biden’s (Article,Topline, Crosstabs)

Navigator – Voters would be deeply disappointed if climate and clean energy are left out of the American Jobs Plan (Deck, Topline)

Data for Progress – Measures to hold oil companies accountable for carbon pollution have bipartisan support (Article, Shell Topline, Exxon Topline)

 

Good data points to highlight:

-71% of voters would be disappointed if the American Jobs Plan doesn’t include policies to expand clean energy development and use (Navigator)

-69% of voters support including climate-related initiatives in the American Jobs Plan (Navigator)

-66% of voters believe that passing an infrastructure bill should be an important priority for Congress (POLITICO/Morning Consult)

-65% of Americans believe that ExxonMobil has a responsibility to address climate change (Data for Progress)

-58% of Americans believe that ExxonMobil should commit to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 (Data for Progress)

-57% of voters support a 15 percent minimum tax rate for corporations in order to fund U.S. infrastructure investments