GND has massive bipartisan support
Gustafson et al. 18, Abel, Abel Gustafson is an Assistant Professor of Public Relations and Environmental Communication in the Department of Communication at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Gustafson is an expert on strategic communication, public opinion, and social psychology. His research investigates how people think and act regarding environmental issues and sustainable technologies, and uses those findings to design more effective communication strategies. He is also a Research Affiliate of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and a Faculty Affiliate of UC’s Center for Public Engagement with Science. He earned his Ph.D. in Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara and was a postdoc at Yale University, The Green New Deal has Strong Bipartisan Support, December 14th, 2018, https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/the-green-new-deal-has-strong-bipartisan-support/#:~:text=As%20expected%2C%20support%20is%20strongest,of%20the%20Green%20New%20Deal.[AMoss]
While the Green New Deal has been a fixture of the post-election news cycle, and at least 40 members of Congress (to date) have endorsed the idea, little is known about the American public’s support for or opposition to it. To inform this question, we surveyed a nationally-representative sample of registered voters in the United States.
In the survey, we showed respondents a brief description of the Green New Deal, which was identical to the first paragraph of this report (above). The description was followed by the question “How much do you support or oppose this idea?”
The survey results show overwhelming support for the Green New Deal, with 81% of registered voters saying they either “strongly support” (40%) or “somewhat support” (41%) this plan.
As expected, support is strongest among Democrats (92%). But a large majority of Republicans (64%) – including conservative Republicans (57%) – also support the policy goals in our description of the Green New Deal.