Table 1. Percentage Of Survey Respondents Who Believe That The Cost And Availability Of Electricity, Gasoline, Natural Gas, And Other Forms Of Energy Pose A Crisis, A Major Problem, A Minor Problem, Or No Problem At All For The Nation.
|
Nation
|
New Jersey
|
|
|
Crisis |
11% |
12%
|
| Major problem |
59%
|
60%
|
| Minor problem |
25%
|
23%
|
| No problem |
3%
|
2%
|
| Don’t know/refused |
3%
|
3%
|
| Sample information | N=800; Margin of error is ± 3.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level. | N=517; Margin of error is ± 4.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level. |
Table 2. Percentage Of Survey Respondents Who Believe That The Cost And Availability Of Electricity, Gasoline, Natural Gas, And Other Forms Of Energy Pose A Crisis, A Major Problem, A Minor Problem, Or No Problem At All For Their States.
|
Nation
|
New Jersey
|
|
|
Crisis
|
9%
|
7%
|
|
Major problem
|
41%
|
42%
|
|
Minor problem
|
41%
|
41%
|
|
No problem
|
9%
|
8%
|
|
Don’t know/refused
|
1%
|
2%
|
|
Sample information
|
N=800; Margin of error is ± 3.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level. | N=517; Margin of error is ± 4.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level. |
Table 3. Who Respondents Blame for the Nation’s Energy Problems
|
Nation
|
New Jersey
|
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|
Blame
|
Blame
|
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| Great Deal | Some | Not Much | None | Great Deal | Some | Not Much | None | ||
| U.S. Oil Companies † |
46%
|
38%
|
7%
|
5%
|
44%
|
41%
|
6%
|
3%
|
|
| Americans
Who Don’t Conserve Energy †
|
38%
|
47%
|
7%
|
6%
|
40%
|
47%
|
6%
|
7%
|
|
| Foreign Nations
That Export Oil †
|
33%
|
41%
|
9%
|
10%
|
36%
|
43%
|
7%
|
8%
|
|
| Congress †† |
28%
|
52%
|
7%
|
6%
|
34%
|
46%
|
7%
|
7%
|
|
| Environmental Regulations †† |
26%
|
49%
|
11%
|
9%
|
32%
|
41%
|
11%
|
12%
|
|
| Bush Administration †† |
23%
|
30%
|
18%
|
23%
|
25%
|
32%
|
17%
|
18%
|
|
| Former Clinton Administration † |
22%
|
41%
|
15%
|
14%
|
16%
|
47%
|
16%
|
15%
|
|
| †
National sample: N=395; margin of error is ± 5 percentage points
at a 95 percent confidence level. New Jersey Sample: N=273; margin
of error is ± 6 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level.
†† National Sample: N=405; margin of error is ± 5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level. New Jersey Sample: N=244; margin of error is ± 6.5 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level. Note: Rows do not equal 100 percent because don’t know/refuse responses are not included |
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see also:
Larson's
Analysis
Salmore's Analysis
Thigpen's Analysis
Survey Details
