{"id":2056,"date":"2010-05-21T13:51:52","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T18:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=2056"},"modified":"2010-05-25T11:18:33","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T16:18:33","slug":"new-poll-shows-majority-of-voters-in-me-ma-and-fl-support-american-power-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2010\/05\/21\/new-poll-shows-majority-of-voters-in-me-ma-and-fl-support-american-power-act\/","title":{"rendered":"New Poll Shows Majority of Voters in ME, MA and FL Support American Power Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wecanlead.org\/EnergyMemoFinal.pdf\">A new poll<\/a> conducted to gauge the popularity of the American Power Act shows strong public support for the bill in key states.<\/p>\n<p>65% of Massachusetts voters, 57% of Maine voters and 50% of Florida voters said they support the measure. These percentages jump up to 80%, 74% and 71% respectively in support of a bill that will create new clean energy jobs.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.piie.com\/publications\/interstitial.cfm\">a new study<\/a> by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.piie.com\/\">Peterson Institute for International Economics<\/a>, the American Power Act is set to increase average annual employment by 200,000 jobs from 2011 to 2020.\u00a0On <em>Huffington Post<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/nathaniel-keohane\/new-evidence-on-the-job-i_b_585125.html\">there is a great analysis<\/a> of the Peterson study by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=12740\">Nathaniel Keohane<\/a>, Director of Economic Policy and Analysis at the Environmental Defense Fund, which explains in greater detail how the American Power Act will stimulate the economy and create jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The surveys were conducted May 14<sup>th<\/sup> through 16<sup>th<\/sup> 2010 by Public Policy Polling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new poll conducted to gauge the popularity of the American Power Act shows strong public support for the bill in key states. 65% of Massachusetts voters, 57% of Maine voters and 50% of Florida voters said they support the measure. 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