Tracking State Trends in Environmental Public Opinion

Luke Fowler

doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2017.02.003

Tracking State Trends in Environmental Public Opinion

Luke Fowler

Public Policy and Administration Department

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Abstract

Trends in state-level public opinion on the environment within the U.S. are examined, using data from the General Social Survey (GSS) from 1976 to 2008. Multilevel Regression and Post-Stratification (MRP) approach estimates public support for environmental spending at the U.S. state-level over three decades. This allows for an analysis of inter-state homogeneity of environmental public opinion, over the latter half of the twenty century. The findings indicate state-level trends mirror those at the national-level, but state-level public opinion is becoming more analogous over time.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	287-294
Number of pages	8
Journal	The Social Science Journal
Volume	54
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2017.02.003
State	Published - 1 Sep 2017

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environmental policy
multi-level modeling
public opinion

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Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration

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