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People want Keystone but they also think Congress is jumping the gun
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/01/19/people-want-keystone-but-they-also-think-congress-is-jumping-the-gun/Poll after poll has shown overwhelming support for building the Keystone XL oil pipeline. So when Congress passes a bill authorizing its construction, people want the White House to sign it immediately, right? Wrong.
A new poll from the Washington Post and ABC News gets at this question in a different way, and it suggests that support for Keystone is softer -- and less urgent -- than previously thought. The survey asks people whether they think the pipeline should be authorized now, or whether they think a review should be completed to determine that the project is in the nation's interest.
Just 34 percent of Americans say, 'Build it now.' An additional 61 percent are happy to allow the review process to play out.
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That overall 61-34 split is the reverse of most Keystone polls. The most recent Washington Post-ABC News poll showed that Americans supported the project by a margin of 65 percent to 22 percent. A June Pew Research Center poll, meanwhile, showed showed a split of 61 percent to 27 percent in favor of the pipeline, with six of seven ideological groups overwhelmingly in favor -- all but "solid liberals."
A new poll from the Washington Post and ABC News gets at this question in a different way, and it suggests that support for Keystone is softer -- and less urgent -- than previously thought. The survey asks people whether they think the pipeline should be authorized now, or whether they think a review should be completed to determine that the project is in the nation's interest.
Just 34 percent of Americans say, 'Build it now.' An additional 61 percent are happy to allow the review process to play out.
...
That overall 61-34 split is the reverse of most Keystone polls. The most recent Washington Post-ABC News poll showed that Americans supported the project by a margin of 65 percent to 22 percent. A June Pew Research Center poll, meanwhile, showed showed a split of 61 percent to 27 percent in favor of the pipeline, with six of seven ideological groups overwhelmingly in favor -- all but "solid liberals."
