To understand how voters view rising energy costs and how to best communicate on the issue, LCV and Climate Power commissioned qualitative (late last year) and quantitative (in January) research with Workbench and Hart.
The Upshot
- Utility bills have joined groceries as a top tier issue in the affordability crisis.
- There is both a need and an opportunity for Democrats to lead on energy costs; voters view clean energy as one of the few sectors actually helping to lower costs by stabilizing prices and expanding supply at a cheaper and faster rate.
- Voters strongly oppose Trump and Republicans taking affordable clean energy off the grid and believe this makes the affordability problem worse.
- Utility companies send the bills and get automatic blame; Democrats gain resonance when they show they’re willing to stand up to utilities and side with consumers.
