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· December 15, 2025

climate-change-american-mind-politics-policy-fall-2025-3.2

These dot plots show the percentage of registered voters, broken down by political party and ideology, who "strongly" or "somewhat" support energy policies, including generating renewable energy (solar and wind) on public land in the U.S., expanding offshore drilling for oil and natural gas off the U.S. coast, drilling for and mine fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) on public land in the U.S., and drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. A large majority of registered voters support generating renewable energy on public land. Data: Climate Change in the American Mind, Politics & Policy, Fall 2025. Refer to the data tables in Appendix 1 of the report for all percentages.