A new poll shows that a majority supports the use of pipelines in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline attack last month.
βThe Colonial Pipeline cybersecurity hack highlights how critical pipelines are to keeping America moving. Unbelievably, the Biden Administration supports shutting pipelines down β making our country less energy independent and less secure β while simultaneously assuring Americans theyβre going to keep the gas flowing, and despite the fact that pipelines are the most environmentally sensitive and carbon neutral way to transport oil,β said Convention of States Action President Mark Meckler, whose organization conducted the poll in partnership with Trafalgar Group.
The poll reveals that 52.3% of voters believe βPipelines are a critical part of our nationβs infrastructure and they must be expanded and protected.β Another 28.5% of voters believe that βpipelines are very reliable and much better for the environment long term than trucks, trains, or ships.β
Those numbers dwarf those who say, βNo new pipelines should be built and existing ones closed,β at 6.9%, and, βPipelines are too risky. Truck, trains, and ships are much safer,β at 1.9%.
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βBidenβs energy insanity directly conflicts with voters, who are unabashedly pro-pipeline. This is another example of how the Biden Administration is at odds with the majority of Americans, who are increasingly thinking the 2022 election canβt come soon enough,β Meckler said.
Republicans were the most likely to believe that pipelines were vital infrastructure, with 80.8% of GOP voters expressing they are with the sentiment. Only 6.9% of Republicans expressed disagreement.
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But the issue of pipelines also enjoyed some bipartisan support, with 45.3% of Democrats saying they support pipelines, compared to 28.8% that said they do not. A majority of independents, at 57.5%, said they support pipelines, while 24.5% said they do not.
The poll was conducted May 17-19, sampling 1,024 likely voters. The margin of error was 2.98%.