Table 1.
Four survey projects.
Table 2.
Energy, climate change and background questions asked on multiple iterations of the New Hampshire Granite State Poll (GSP) and northeast Oregon Communities and Forests in Oregon (CAFOR) surveys over 2010 or 2011 to 2018; on two iterations of the nationwide POLES survey in 2016; and on the one-time North Country survey in 2017.
Shown with codes used for logit regression analyses in Table 3. Order of response choices for renew and climate were rotated across interviews.
Fig 1.
Should increased exploration and drilling for oil, or increased use of renewable energy such as wind or solar, be a higher priority for the future of this country?
Results from the most recent years of four survey projects.
Fig 2.
Is climate change happening now, caused mainly by human activities?
Is it happening now, but caused mainly by natural forces? Or is climate change not happening now? Results from the most recent years of four survey projects.
Fig 3.
Weighted percentages for “renewable energy higher priority” broken down by respondent age, sex, education and ideology or party on surveys conducted in 2018: (a) statewide New Hampshire, and (b) northeast Oregon.
Fig 4.
Weighted percentages for “climate change happening now, caused mainly by human activities” broken down by respondent age, sex, education and ideology or party on surveys conducted in 2018: (a) statewide New Hampshire, and (b) northeast Oregon.
Fig 5.
Weighted percentages and 95 percent confidence intervals for “renewable energy higher priority” on two nationwide and 18 regional (New Hampshire, North Country or northeast Oregon) surveys.
Combined n = 14,550.
Fig 6.
Weighted percentages and 95 percent confidence intervals for “climate change happening now, caused mainly by human activities” on five nationwide and 40 regional surveys.
Combined n = 31,932.
Fig 7.
Weighted percentages “climate change happening now, caused mainly by human activities,” by respondent political party on 34 New Hampshire surveys.
Combined n = 19,020.
Fig 8.
Linear (ordinary least squares) trends by age group on statewide New Hampshire surveys for (a) “renewable energy higher priority” 2012–2018, or (b) “climate change happening now, caused mainly by human activities” 2010–2018.
Fig 9.
Linear (ordinary least squares) trends by age group on northeast Oregon surveys 2011–2018, for (a) “renewable energy higher priority”, or (b) “climate change happening now, caused mainly by human activities”.
Table 3.
Respondent characteristics and survey timing as predictors of high priority for renewable energy (renew), or think climate change is happening now, caused mainly by humans (climate).
Values shown are odds ratios (eb) from probability-weighted logit regression with either New Hampshire GSP or NE Oregon CAFOR survey datasets (3 original counties), pooled over all available years.
Fig 10.
Probability of prioritizing renewable energy, or recognizing the reality of anthropogenic climate change, by education and ideology (New Hampshire) or political party (northeast Oregon).
Adjusted margins plots calculated from models of Table 3.