Freedumb! 75% Of Trump Voters Want More Renewable Energy Development

[hatrack]

Which, of course, brings up the larger question - what the fuck were they thinking?

During the 2016 presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump made it very clear where he stands on energy policy, repeatedly calling for more drilling for oil, more fracking for natural gas, and more mining for coal. He championed unfettered access to fossil fuels, and promised that his administration would drastically cut spending on renewable energy research.

But Trump voters feel differently. According to a new poll released by the Republican polling firm Public Opinion Strategies, 75 percent of Trump voters support taking action to accelerate the development and use of clean energy in the United States. And an overwhelming majority say that it’s very important that their candidate share their opinions on energy issues.

Among renewables, Trump voters are especially supportive of solar power, with 61 percent saying that they want to see more emphasis on solar when it comes to domestic energy policy. Fifty-six percent want to see more emphasis on hydropower, and 52 percent want to see more emphasis on wind — the same percentage that want to see more emphasis on natural gas. Fewer are interested in seeing renewed emphasis on coal — just 38 percent — while 26 percent want to see less emphasis.

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But Trump’s promises to slash renewable energy spending — while favoring the expansion of dirty fuels like coal — are at odds not only with his own voters, but voters across the country. A poll released in late September of this year found that conservative voters in Ohio — a state that Trump carried by eight points — not only favor renewable energy, but would tell their elected officials to support renewable energy policies. And a 2015 poll of voters nationwide found that 66 percent supported the expansion of wind, solar, and renewable energy development, and 72 percent strongly supported more pollution controls.

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https://thinkprogress.org/trump-voters-want-renewable-energy-yet-still-voted-for-trump-1c7a1cbf7585#.xqwbqxxma

[CincyDem]

1. We take him literally, his supporters take him seriously.

Literally, the guys a f'ing asshat.

Seriously, though, he's still a white guy.

The fact that their opinions and his don't line up, in rural OH-PA-WI-MI, they can still take him seriously.

[mercuryblues]

2. You mean that

they voted for trump, even though their view on energy is more in line with the democratic party?

Hmmmm. what was the real reason that people voted for trump?

[progressoid]

3. Another in a long list of things they voted against.

[pscot]

4. Well, they're gonna get toll roads

charter schools and medicare cuts, so it's almost the same.