Gallup: Growing Optimism About The Environment
On the eve of Earth Day, Gallup's annual environment poll shows Americans are newly optimistic about the state of the environment while still expressing concern; more people think it's getting worse (51 percent) than getting better (41 percent). Democrats and independents, in particular, have shown a greater faith over the last year that the environment is improving, sentiment Gallup attributes to the election of Barack Obama and exit of George W. Bush.
Among Democrats, 54 percent said the enviroment is getting worse, 39 percent said it's getting better. Among independents, 51 percent said it's getting worse, 42 percent said it's getting better. And among GOPers, 44 percent said it's getting worse, 47 percent said better. A year ago, 84 percent of Democrats, 68 percent of independents and 47 percent of Republicans said the environment was getting worse.
The survey was conducted March 5-8.
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