Americans' support for green energy tax credits and renewable energies like wind and solar power has decreased in recent years, according to a new poll, driven by a softening in support from Democrats and independents. https://t.co/l1Bf1hqSDN
Support for solar energy and offshore wind falls among Democrats and independents, AP-NORC poll says https://t.co/tQYAIsd0t8 https://t.co/48rGfk8LfM
Support for solar energy and offshore wind falls among Democrats and independents, AP-NORC poll says https://t.co/Vbm8ojJvag https://t.co/LUXs4drFc1
Support for renewable-energy incentives has slipped in the United States, with the sharpest decline coming from Democrats and independents, according to a nationwide survey released by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll finds that enthusiasm for tax credits aimed at electric vehicles, solar panels and large-scale renewable projects is weaker than it was three years ago. In the survey of 1,158 adults carried out June 5–9 and bearing a sampling error of ±4 percentage points, 58% of Democrats said they favor tax credits for purchasing an electric vehicle, down from roughly 70% in 2022. Support among independents fell to 28% from 49% over the same period, while Republican backing remains near one-quarter. Overall, 44% of respondents endorse expanding offshore wind farms, a retreat from 59% in 2022, and only about half favor additional solar farms, compared with roughly two-thirds three years ago. Despite the cooling toward green incentives, the survey shows limited appetite for President Donald Trump’s fossil-fuel agenda: only about four in ten adults approve of his handling of climate change, a figure that plunges to one in ten among Democrats and two in ten among independents. Researchers say rising economic anxieties may be prompting voters to reevaluate the costs of energy policy even as concerns about climate change persist.