USA Today/Gallup

Environment
Conducted 5/24-25; surveyed 1,049 adults; margin of error +/- 3.0%. Subsample of 946 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.2% (release, 5/27).

Do You Think Protection Of The Environment Should Be Given Priority, Even At The Risk Of Cubing Economic Growth, Or Do You Think Economic Growth Should Be Given Priority, Even If The Environment Suffers To Some Extent?

-                Now 3/7 3/09 3/08 3/07 3/06 3/05 3/04 3/03
Environment      50% 38% 42%  49%  55%  52%  53%  49%  47%
Economic growth  43  53  51   42   37   37   36   44   42
Equal priority    4   4   5    5    4    6    7    4    7

Do You Favor/Oppose Increasing Offshore Drilling For Oil And Gas In U.S. Coastal Areas?

-        All RVs
Favor    50% 52%
Oppose   46  44