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Latest poll shows that the young, and women, oppose Obama’s nuclear power policy

A Run at the Latest Data from ABC’s Poobah of Polling. Gary Langar The Numbers The President and Nuclear Power

ABC News January 28, 2010“…………..Obama’s been most popular by far among young adults, a group critical to his election. Yet they oppose nuclear plants by significant margin. Support’s highest among seniors, long Obama’s weakest support group by age; they favor nuclear power by a vast 67-28 percent.

One more difference is sex, albeit with a less directly political connection. Men favor nuclear plant construction by 2-1, 64 to 33 percent. Women, by contrast, are opposed, by a 17-point margin.

As noted, there’s a significant not-in-my-back-yard element to these views. Support for building nuclear plants drops to 35 percent if it’d be within 50 miles of your home – down by almost identical amounts, 15 to 19 points, among Democrats, independents and Republicans alike…………..support for other energy initiatives: the long-popular development of more solar and wind power (91 percent in favor), higher fuel-efficiency standards (85 percent), electric car technology (82 percent) and requiring more energy conservation in the commercial sector (78 percent) as well as by consumers (73 percent). All these are non-controversial.

There’s been far less consensus on nuclear energy. And while Obama previously has expressed support for finding ways “to safely harness nuclear power,” including during the presidential campaign, what’s interesting about his direct and high-profile comment last night – “that means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country” – are the groups to which the notion appeals……http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2010/01/the-president-and-nuclear-power.html

January 29, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, energy efficiency, nuclear, nuclear spin, reactor, reactors, renewable energy, renewables, solar, uranium