{"id":1282,"date":"2009-10-28T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2009-10-27T15:51:15","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T20:51:15","slug":"new-poll-shows-6-in-10-americans-support-cap-and-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/10\/28\/new-poll-shows-6-in-10-americans-support-cap-and-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"New Poll Shows 6 in 10 Americans Support Cap and Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the battle over clean energy legislation heats up in the Senate, CNN has released a new poll showing that <strong>60 percent of Americans support cap and trade<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>CNN says the issue shows a huge generational divide. <strong>More than two-thirds of Americans under age 50 support cap and trade<\/strong>, but those 50 and older are split.<\/p>\n<p>The poll shows three-quarters of Democrats back the idea, as do nearly sixty percent of Independents and about 4 in 10 Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Independents may not be red or blue, but they appear to be green.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com\/2009\/10\/27\/cnn-poll-6-in-10-back-cap-and-trade\/\">CNN Poll: 6 in 10 back &#8216;cap and trade&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the battle over clean energy legislation heats up in the Senate, CNN has released a new poll showing that 60 percent of Americans support cap and trade. 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