More Than 60% of Voters In Battleground States Support Energy Bill

Despite all the scare tactics, misinformation and outright lies, a strong majority of voters in 16 battleground states, including Missouri, support the energy bill being debated right now in the Senate. Politico:

In a poll obtained by POLITICO of likely 2010 voters in 16 states, many of them home to targeted senators, 63% of those sampled said they supported the energy bill while only 30% said they opposed the measure.

Further, 60% of respondents said they would be more likely to vote for their senator if he or she supported the bill while just 26% said they’d be less inclined to re-elect their senator for backing the “American Clean Energy and Security Act.”

The liberal Center for American Progress Action Fund commissioned the poll, which was taken by veteran Democratic pollster Joel Benenson, who is also President Barack Obama’s pollster.

It was conducted in Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Nevada, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia and West Virginia.

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