{"id":1398570,"date":"2022-03-24T13:31:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T17:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1398570"},"modified":"2022-03-24T13:31:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T17:31:19","slug":"poll-majority-support-the-federal-government-opening-up-public-lands-for-oil-drilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-majority-support-the-federal-government-opening-up-public-lands-for-oil-drilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Majority Support the Federal Government Opening Up Public Lands for Oil Drilling"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-majority-support-the-federal-government-opening-up-public-lands-for-oil-drilling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1398570&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A majority of voters in the United States support the federal government opening up public lands for oil drilling as one method of reducing the skyrocketing price of gas, according to a\u00a0Morning Consult\/<em>Politico<\/em> <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000017f-b51c-d17b-a1ff-b7dde2e60000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fifty-six percent of the respondents said they support the\u00a0federal government opening up public lands for oil drilling to hopefully reduce the price of gas.\u00a0Of those respondents, 32 percent of the respondents strongly support this move.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Only 30 percent oppose the\u00a0federal government opening up public lands for oil drilling as a way to reduce the price of gas, and<span dir=\"auto\">\u00a014 percent have no opinion on the topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oil and gas prices have skyrocketed over the last year under President Joe Biden\u2019s leadership, and oil companies have had many problems domestically as the administration has taken aim at\u00a0American energy independence.\u00a0As the Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/10\/green-energy-advocate-sec-granholm-pleads-with-fossil-fuel-executives-to-up-production\/\">pushes<\/a> a world that doesn\u2019t use oil, it makes oil investment scarcer and the country more reliant on foreign oil.<\/p>\n<p>This is due to the Biden administration\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-joe-biden-keystone-pipeline-canada-environment-and-nature-141eabd7cca6449dfbd2dab8165812f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">canceling<\/a> the\u00a0Keystone XL Pipeline, <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/01\/27\/biden-suspends-oil-and-gas-drilling-in-series-of.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">suspending<\/a> oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters, <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-12-10\/biden-halts-federal-aid-to-coal-oil-and-gas-projects-overseas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">halting<\/a>\u00a0federal support for oil and gas projects overseas, and\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/01\/climate\/biden-drilling-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">suspending<\/a>\u00a0oil drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In fact,\u00a0the Biden administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/21\/fact-check-cindy-axne-no-logic-behind-claim-bidens-policies-hurt-oil-production\/\">tried<\/a> to blame everyone but themselves, such as\u00a0Russian President Vladimir Putin, and has even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2022\/03\/17\/former-obama-adviser-david-axelrod-slams-bidens-putins-price-hike-talking-point-you-cant-blame-everything-in-the-economy-on-putin\/\">coined<\/a> the term \u201cPutin\u2019s price hikes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The poll also found that a\u00a0<span dir=\"auto\">majority (64 percent) of the respondents said they support the\u00a0<\/span>federal government releasing some of the oil from the country\u2019s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), compared to the\u00a019 percent who oppose it.<\/p>\n<p>But an overwhelming majority of respondents support a temporary break from paying federal and state gas tax as a method of reducing the skyrocketing prices.\u00a0Seventy-three percent\u00a0support allowing a temporary break from having to pay the federal gas tax, while only\u00a014 percent oppose it. And 72 percent support a\u00a0temporary break in the\u00a0state gas tax, while only\u00a015 percent oppose.<\/p>\n<p>The recent poll from Morning Consult\/<em>Politico<\/em>\u00a0was <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000017f-b51c-d17b-a1ff-b7dde2e60000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">conducted<\/a> from March 18 to 20 and surveyed 2,005 registered voters. The margin of error was plus or minus two percent.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. 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