Social Issues in the United States: The Environment

1,253 adults interviewed online May 14-26, 2015
Field work conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs

Some questions from this survey have been held for later release.

1. Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?

Right direction 38
Wrong track 62

3e. How much have you read or heard about each of these social issues in the United States today?  Environmental issues

Extensively / a lot 17
Quite a bit 27
A fair amount 25
Some 19
Not very much 8
Not at all 3

4e. How much do you feel you know about each of these social issues in the United States today? Environmental issues 

Extensive / a lot 13
Quite a bit 21
A fair amount 28
Some 23
Not very much 12
Not at all 3

5e. Using the scale below, please indicate how important you think each of these social issues is in the United States today. Environmental issues

Extremely important 36
Very important 27
Somewhat important 21
Slightly important 10
Not very important 5
Not at all important 2

7e. How widespread and common do you think each of these social issues is in the United States today? Environmental issues

Extremely 27
Very 25
Somewhat 30
Slightly 13
Not very 4
Not at all 2

8e. Do you know anyone who has personally experienced …? Environmental issues 

Yes 27
No 73

9e. How serious a problem do you think each of these social issues is for those experiencing it in the United States today? Environmental issues

Extremely serious 29
Very serious 29
Somewhat serious 25
Slightly serious 10
Not very serious 5
Not at all serious 2

10e. To what extent do you think each of these social issues is already being adequately addressed in the United States today? Environmental issues

Addressed completely 8
Addressed to a very great extent 18
Addressed somewhat 35
Addressed slightly 19
Not addressed very well 16
Not at all addressed 4

11e. For each of the following social issues in the United States today, please indicate if you have or have not spent time being personally involved in trying to help. Environmental issues

Yes, have 34
No, have not 66

12e.  How interested are you in getting personally involved in working towards a solution to each of these social issues in the United States? Addressing environmental concerns

Extremely interested 16
Very interested 17
Somewhat interested 23
Slightly interested 18
Not very interested 12
Not at all interested 13

17. Do you feel that environmental concerns are more:  (answers were rotated):

An individual concern 42
A governmental concern 58