The Green New Deal Is Really Popular--Even Among Republicans

[babylonsister]

The Green New Deal Is Really Popular—Even Among Republicans
For now.
Alexander C. Kaufman
December 19, 2018 6:00 AM


The Green New Deal is the most popular policy hardly anyone has heard of yet.

Eighty-two percent of Americans say they have heard “nothing at all” about the sweeping proposal to generate 100 percent of the nation’s electricity from clean sources within the next 10 years, upgrade the United States’ power grid, invest in energy efficiency and renewable technology, and provide training for jobs in the new, green economy.

But when asked, “How much do you support or oppose?” the aforementioned suite of policies, 81 percent of registered voters say they either “somewhat support” or “strongly support” the plan, according to new survey results shared exclusively with HuffPost from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University.

Ninety-two percent of Democrats supported the idea, including 93 percent of liberal Democrats and 90 percent of moderate-to-conservative Democrats. But 64 percent of Republicans—including 75 percent of moderate-to-liberal Republicans and 57 percent of conservative Republicans—also backed the policy goals outlined in the Green New Deal. Eighty-eight percent of independents endorsed the policies as well.

“Given that most Americans have strong support for the components and ideas of the Green New Deal, it becomes a communication strategy problem,” Abel Gustafson, a postdoctoral associate at Yale who co-authored a report on the findings, said by phone Sunday. “From here, it’s about how you can pitch it so you can maintain that bipartisan support throughout the rest of the process.”

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/the-green-new-deal-is-really-popular-even-among-republicans/

[airplaneman]

1. Critically important idea but if it is so popular why no comments here?

I have actually noticed a phenomenon on YouTube.
A real scientist gets only hundreds or maybe a few thousand views in a week.
But a conspiracy nut job with no science background gets 50-250 thousand hits in the same week. I already heard the new Dem congress has pushed this aside for more mundane ideas that will get us nowhere. I fear we are already past the point of no return.
-Airplane

[babylonsister]

2. Could have been a busy Mueller day.

I'm glad you found this.