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Poll: Public supports Obama plan to curb coal plant emissions
According to a PPP survey of 735 registered voters, taken Monday as the plan was announced, the public backs Obama’s proposed pollution curbs by a 53-35 percent margin. Independent voters endorse the plan by a 59-29 percent margin.
Pollution reduction standards “are popular with voters across the country” and voters “have little tolerance for a Presidential candidate in 2016 who doesn’t believe that climate change is caused by human activity,” PPP said in summarizing its findings.
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Public Policy Polling did find that only 38 percent of those polled said they would be willing to vote for a candidate who does not believe that humans are causing climate change.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/06/03/poll-public-supports-obama-plan-to-curb-coal-plant-emissions/
Pollution reduction standards “are popular with voters across the country” and voters “have little tolerance for a Presidential candidate in 2016 who doesn’t believe that climate change is caused by human activity,” PPP said in summarizing its findings.
...
Public Policy Polling did find that only 38 percent of those polled said they would be willing to vote for a candidate who does not believe that humans are causing climate change.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2014/06/03/poll-public-supports-obama-plan-to-curb-coal-plant-emissions/
Given the science deniers that the Republicans have lined up for 2016, that 38% figure is going to give them a lot of trouble.
