CHARLOTTE — North Carolina voters in a new poll say overwhelmingly they would support lawmakers as candidates who encourage renewable energy options in the state. But the sixth annual Conservatives for Clean Energy poll shows the first statistically significant drop in that report.
And there continues to be a large difference in responses from Democratic and Republican voters on several issues. But the figures also indicate that difference may be less important as unaffiliated voters, who passed registered Republicans in the state in 2017, continue to see rising registrations.
Unaffiliated voters trail Democrats with 36.3% of state registrations, but only by a few points. They currently make up 33.1% of the electorate.
The poll was performed by Strategic Partners Solutions of Raleigh and included 600 likely N.C. voters in August. It shows that 78.5% of those surveyed said in the upcoming elections they would be more likely to support a pro clean-energy candidate, defined as one who supports options like wind, solar and waste to energy technologies.
That includes 66.7% of Republicans, 75.2% of independents and 90.5% of Democratic voters who were polled.
While the support was impressive, it has dropped from a high of 86.8% of respondents when the firm first asked the question in 2015.
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