Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Pew- Keystone XL Attracts Dem, Indie And GOP Majority Support, All Except Liberals And Obama

By Susan Duclos

Both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives have passed measures in support of the Keystone XL Pipeline, which would transport oil from Canada’s oil sands region through the Midwest to refineries in Texas and would   accommodate up to 830,000 barrels of oil per day as well as  create some 179,000 jobs on American soil.

Recently the State Department issued yet another report finding the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline would not pose any significant environmental effect.

The 2,000+ page report  includes volumes 1-4 as well as the executive summary.

Read the KeystoneXL Pipeline Review Executive Summary

Pew Research just found that 66 percent of Americans favor building the pipeline with just 23 percent opposed.

Republicans (82%), Conservative Republicans (83%), and moderate/liberal Republicans (81%), Independents (70%), Democrats (54%) and moderate/conservative Democrats (60%),  all have majorities in favor of building the Keystone XL Pipeline.

The only segment of the Democrat Party that does not have a majority  in favor of Keystone, are the liberals, who show 42 percent in favor and 48 percent opposed.

The chart below shows the breakdown:


 Men and women, all age groups at all levels of education, all have majority level support for Keystone.

Barack Obama's continues to stall the decision to move the project forward, and is still going against the majority of Americans in implementing directives that would continue to block the pipeline.

Obama's obstruction is the only thing preventing Keystone from being built.