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