{"id":1469264,"date":"2022-05-09T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1469264"},"modified":"2022-05-09T17:30:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T21:30:04","slug":"voters-tell-biden-forget-climate-change-and-focus-on-gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voters-tell-biden-forget-climate-change-and-focus-on-gas-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Voters Tell Biden Forget Climate Change And Focus On Gas Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fvoters-tell-biden-forget-climate-change-and-focus-on-gas-prices%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=1469264&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>A majority of likely U.S. voters surveyed said the rising energy cost is more concerning than the urgency to combat climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Eighty-two percent of likely U.S. voters said they were very or somewhat concerned about rising energy and gasoline prices, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/partner_surveys\/may_2022\/crosstabs_heartland_gas_and_oil_april_28_may_2_2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the latest Rasmussen Reports poll sponsored by the Heartland Institute. Only 14% of voters said they were not very or not concerned about the rising costs.<\/p>\n<p>The same respondents, 50%, said <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/07\/joe-biden-gas-pain-push-clean-energy-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">climate change<\/a> was very or somewhat likely to be catastrophic for humans, plants, and animals over the next 100 years, according to the survey.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Drill more, or focus on climate change, by party:<\/p>\n<p>DRILL:<br \/>all \u2013 52%<br \/>Rep \u2013 74%<br \/>Dem \u2013 30%<br \/>Ind \u2013 54%<\/p>\n<p>CLIMATE CHANGE:<br \/>all \u2013 35%<br \/>Rep \u2013 15%<br \/>Dem \u2013 54%<br \/>Ind \u2013 31%<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0ciIO5qnb5\">https:\/\/t.co\/0ciIO5qnb5<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gasprices?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gasprices<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/climatechange?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#climatechange<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by The Heartland Institute <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeartlandInst?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HeartlandInst<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VHl2VaqvRy\">pic.twitter.com\/VHl2VaqvRy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rasmussen_Poll\/status\/1523741341456297985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Still, 60% surveyed said they would favor legislation that would require the federal government to increase oil and gas drilling in the United States. Only 30% said they would oppose a bill to expand drilling, according to the poll. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/28\/republican-state-leadership-committee-gas-canisters-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED:\u00a0EXCLUSIVE: GOP Campaign Arm To Sell Biden-Themed Gas Canisters As Gas Prices Stay High)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fifty-two percent of voters said the U.S. Congress and President Joe Biden should increase oil and gas drilling in the U.S. In contrast, only 34% said the two branches should focus on limiting carbon dioxide emissions, the survey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/partner_surveys\/may_2022\/toplines_heartland_gas_and_oil_april_28_may_2_2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Director of Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy at the Heartland Institute, H. Sterling Burnett, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/partner_surveys\/may_2022\/voters_more_worried_about_gas_prices_than_climate_change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a>\u00a0Rasmussen that rising costs weaken national support for climate change initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen push comes to shove, polls consistently show energy and economic security trump climate change for a majority of the public when asked which is more important,\u201d said Burnett. \u201cOil and gas remain for the foreseeable future, vital to maintaining our present standard of living and lifestyles and to ensure continued economic and national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The results by party show that 74% of Republicans and 54% of Independents believe the Biden Administration should be creating policy aimed at increasing oil and gas drilling nationally. A majority of Democratic voters, 54%, still say combatting climate change should be the national focus despite rising costs.<\/p>\n<p>The poll surveyed 1,004 likely U.S. voters from Apr. 28-May 2 with a margin of error of +\/- 3%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A majority of likely U.S. voters surveyed said the rising energy cost is more concerning than the urgency to combat climate change.Eighty-two percent of likely U.S. voters said they were<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":495,"featured_media":1482171,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1469264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/495"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1469264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1469264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1469264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1469264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}