Polling
The Department of Energy’s Role in American Energy Dominance
Voters support an“all of the above” DOE. With the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office facing potential cuts, Rainey Center sought to understand voter attitudes about the Department of Energy. We found that voters are broadly supportive of the Department of Energy, though many were undecided, suggesting a lack of public attention to the topic. Voters supported common sense reforms such as merit-based hiring and promotion and standardized applications. Voters support an all of the above approach, believing the DOE should support all energy sources except for coal. Voters also support investments across all stages of technological development. Only 1 in 10 voters support cuts to the LPO
Voters Support Tax Policy That Lowers Energy Costs and Drives Job Creation
As Congress seeks to extend the provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), delivering tax relief to Americans, they are weighing whether to keep, pare back, or repeal several clean energy tax credits created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). These clean energy tax credits are driving key investments in clean energy, particularly in conservative states and districts. To inform policymakers, Rainey Center conducted polling research on the clean energy tax credits and the TCJA.
Voters Support An “America First” Approach To Clean Energy Tax Credits
Republican voters support retaining domestic manufacturing incentives while preventing adversaries from taking advantage of them. Consistent with past polling, we find that even limiting the electric vehicle (EV) tax credits to domestically-owned and produced cars does not save it from the ire of Republican voters.