Energy

Global Warming and Gas Prices

Survey of 1,000 Adults

June 15-16, 2005

Do you believe that global warming is a serious threat to the human race?
Yes	52%
No	29%
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Is it more important to reduce emissions that might cause global warming or more important it insure lower gasoline prices for consumers?
Reduce Emissions	43%
Lower Gas Prices	45%
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Generally speaking, do policies that protect the environment hurt the economy?
Yes	35%
No	39%
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If the price of oil remains high, will companies produce more alternative sources of energy to reduce costs for consumers?
Yes	49%
No	29%
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June 18, 2005--Fifty-two percent (52%) of Americans believe "global warming is a serious threat to the human race." A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 29% disagree and say it is not.

However, 45% of Americans say that insuring lower gas prices for consumers is more important than reducing emissions that might cause global warming. Forty-three percent (43%) say reducing emissions are more important.

Forty-nine percent (49%) believe that if oil prices remain high, alternative energy sources will be produced to reduce consumer costs. Twenty-nine percent (29%) disagree.

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There are huge partisan differences on these energy related topics. By a 46% to 36% margin, Republicans say global warming is not a serious threat to the human race. Democrats, by a 63% to 18% margin, say that it is. Among those not affiliated with either major political party, 59% see global warming as a serious threat.

Republicans, by a 50% to 37% margin, say that lower gas prices for consumers is more important than reducing emissions that might cause global warming. Democrats are evenly divided, with 47% saying reducing emissions is the higher priority and 44% leaning towards lower gas prices.

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The telephone survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports June 15-16, 2005. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. 39% of survey respondents were Republican, 33% Democrat, and 28% unaffiliated (see Methodology)