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Support for nuclear energy grows with climate change concerns
"Public discourse on energy and climate increasingly includes nuclear energy, but how has that affected public opinion? The answer: a lot.
A national public opinion survey conducted in May found that support for nuclear energy has rebounded, and politics, in part, may offer a window into why. For example, now Biden and Trump voters support nuclear energy about equally. Trump voters care more about affordable and reliable electricity. Biden voters care more about climate change, and their support is driven by perception of need. Perception of need is boosted by climate change, recent energy supply problems, and Democratic leadership endorsements.
The importance of Democratic leadership endorsements is shown in the Obama bump in 2010 and the Biden bump in 2021. In both cases, the increase in overall support for nuclear is largely attributable to increased support among Democrats."
Support for nuclear energy grows with climate change concerns
It's mostly Democrats who are driving the recent shift in support of nuclear power.
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