57% Favor Use of 'Fracking' To Find More U.S. Oil and Gas
Monday, March 26, 2012
Despite challenges by the Obama administration and environmental groups, most Americans favor use of the so-called "fracking" process to produce more domestic oil and natural gas.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% of American Adults favor the use of hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and natural gas in shale oil reserves. Just 22% oppose the process, while nearly as many (21%) are unsure about it. (To see survey question wording, click here .)
The survey of 1,000 Adults nationwide was conducted on March 22-23, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC . See methodology .