{"id":2664,"date":"2010-10-19T12:30:48","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T17:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=2664"},"modified":"2010-10-19T12:30:48","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T17:30:48","slug":"new-poll-shows-americans-are-more-likely-to-vote-for-candidates-who-support-clean-energy-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2010\/10\/19\/new-poll-shows-americans-are-more-likely-to-vote-for-candidates-who-support-clean-energy-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"New Poll Shows Americans are More Likely to Vote for Candidates Who Support Clean Energy Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday NRDC Action Fund released <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrdcactionfund.org\/polls\/october2010\/\">a new poll<\/a> showing, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/article.cfm?contentID=10453\">once again<\/a>, that Americans are overwhelmingly in favor of clean energy legislation. The NRDC Action Fund polled voters in 23 close Congressional races and found they were far more likely to vote for candidates who support clean energy legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Heather Taylor-Miesle of NRDC explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIn fact, a majority of voters (almost 53% on average) in tight races around the country said they are more likely to vote for a candidate who supports a climate bill.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For a compelling and detailed analysis of the polling data, please read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrdcactionfund.org\/blog\/Voters-Overwhelmingly-Support-Clean-Energy-Candidates.html\">Heather\u2019s blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday NRDC Action Fund released a new poll showing, once again, that Americans are overwhelmingly in favor of clean energy legislation. 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