In Michigan (and elsewhere), rural residents, where nearly all large-scale solar and wind development occurs, consistently support renewable development less than do small town, suburban and urban residents, our new data via a 2023 YouGov survey (n = 1000) show. What’s perhaps more telling, when we look at the granular level, at solar and wind being developed within view of people’s residence–and thus a far more significant impact to their viewshed, support declines further, and more precipitously in rural communities.
But what about politics? Do Republicans support renewable development less than democrats?
No surprise here…Yep!
More to come…
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