{"id":16868,"date":"2011-04-19T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/offshore-drilling-support-one-year-after-gulf-oil-spill\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:42:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:42:45","slug":"offshore-drilling-support-one-year-after-gulf-oil-spill","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2011\/04\/19\/offshore-drilling-support-one-year-after-gulf-oil-spill\/","title":{"rendered":"Offshore Drilling Support One Year after Gulf Oil Spill"},"content":{"rendered":"

A year ago today, an explosion occurred on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that would eventually spill an immense amount of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The accident had a sustainable effect on public support for drilling. The percentage of Americans favoring more oil and gas drilling in U.S. waters fell from 63% in February 2010 to 44% in June 2010. In a survey taken roughly a year after the disaster, however, support for drilling has rebounded, increasing 13 points from the June poll. In a March 2011 survey, 57% of the public favored more oil and gas drilling in U.S. waters while just 37% opposed it. While support for oil and gas drilling has increased across political groups in the past year, there is still a wide partisan divide. In the March 2011 survey, 81% of Republicans favored allowing more offshore oil and gas drilling in U.S. waters, compared with 54% of independents and 46% of Democrats. Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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