MEMO: The Climate Contrast Young Voters Need to Hear
Climate Power and Data for Progress recently surveyed likely voters nationwide, including an oversample of 100 voters ages 18-34, to understand perceptions of recent climate actions taken by the Biden administration. The poll finds that U.S. likely voters back Biden’s most notable climate achievements, as well as ambitious pollution reduction regulations pursued over the course of his term.
March 14, 2024
Latino Electoral Power: The Climate Case Against Trump
On January 23 – 28, 2024, Hart Research Associates conducted an online survey on behalf of Climate Power. Hart Research interviewed 2,265 likely 2024 voters in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Minnesota, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, including 502 Latino voters. This online survey has a margin of error of ± 2.0 percentage points for the full sample of 2,265, a margin of error of ± 4.4 percentage points for the Latino voter sample of 502, and higher margins of error for subgroups of the sample.
March 13, 2024
MEMO: Latino Voters Support Clean Energy Investments and Climate Accountability
For Latino voters, the rising cost of goods and services is a top issue. Majorities of Latinos report spending more on groceries, home electricity bills, energy costs, housing costs, and home insurance costs over this past year. Furthermore, Latino voters recognize extreme weather events driven by climate change and pollution have a direct impact on increasing kitchen table costs, and view climate action, including expanding the clean energy industry, as important.
March 11, 2024
MEMO: New youth voter polling shows climate is a motivating issue, but there’s more work to be done
A new poll from the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning at Tufts University (CIRCLE), supported by Climate Power and Climate Emergency Advocates (CEA), shows that addressing the climate crisis is a deciding issue for young people in the 2024 election.
November 29, 2023
MEMO: Georgia Latinos, Climate Change, and the Biden Administration’s Clean Energy Plan
BSP Research recently conducted a survey of Latinos in Georgia on behalf of Climate Power and GALEO. The survey included interviews with a total of 500 Latinos across the state. The purpose of the survey was to measure awareness and favorability of the Biden Administration’s Clean Energy Plan and to evaluate economic elements that resonate the most with Latinos in Georgia.
November 15, 2023
MEMO: New Polling on Oil and Gas Accountability
New polling from Data for Progress, Climate Power, and Fossil Free Media finds that voters strongly blame high energy prices on large oil companies and their CEOs, and believe these companies have too much power in government. Yet, voters remain optimistic about a transition away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy.
November 1, 2023
POLL: Voters Soundly Reject MAGA Republican ‘Project 2025’ Plan in Favor of President Biden’s Clean Energy Plan
A new survey released today by Data for Progress and Climate Power found that voters soundly reject the “Project 2025” energy plan authored by the Heritage Foundation and other polluter-funded, climate-denying organizations. Voters reject key planks of the plan – often by large margins, and, overall, would be less likely to support a candidate who backs the MAGA Republican plan by a 16-point margin (51% to 35%). And by a 14-point margin (55% to 41%), voters say climate change is serious and urgent, not “mild and manageable,” as the plan’s author contends.
August 24, 2023
MEMO: Amid Extreme Weather, Voters Say Climate Change is Now a Kitchen Table Issue
Today, President Biden is delivering remarks on the actions he and his administration are taking to protect workers and communities from extreme heat and combat the climate crisis. Extreme weather events across the country have brought climate change’s impact to voters’ doorsteps. Interruptions to daily life are no longer hypothetical for Americans who have been forced to seek shelter during extreme heat or storms, keep their children inside because of dangerously dirty air, or deal with skyrocketing insurance costs that are being driven up by climate disasters.
July 27, 2023
MEMO: Battleground Polling Shows Opportunity with Climate Voters to Sell Bidenomics
To: Interested PartiesFrom: Lori Lodes, Executive Director of Climate PowerDate: July 18, 2023Re: MEMO: Battleground Polling Shows Opportunity with Climate Voters to Sell Bidenomics Climate Power, in collaboration with HIT Strategies, conducted six state surveys in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin among 6,733 registered voters.* The […]
July 18, 2023
NEW POLLING ON RESPONSIBLE INVESTING (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ESG)
Ahead of President Biden’s likely first veto on legislation that would undo the Department of Labor’s rule relating to responsible investing, commonly referred to as Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Climate Power and Data for Progress conducted a national survey from March 3 to 6, 2023 of 1,226 likely voters. The poll gauges support for the anticipated veto and on the issue overall.
March 8, 2023