The use of technocratic decision-making, where policy decisions are made by elite experts, is an important aspect of policymaking in the United States. However, little work has examined public opinion about technocracy. Using data from a representative sample of the United States (n = 1200), I explore differences in support for technocracy and the implications of that support for views about politically controversial energy sources and climate policies. Overall, I find that liberal Democrats, moderate/conservative Democrats, and moderate/liberal Republicans were more likely than conservative Republicans and moderate independents to support technocratic decision-making. In addition, I find that as support for technocracy increases, so does support for energy sources and climate policies; however, there are significant interaction effects across political beliefs.

由精英专家制定政策决策的技术官僚决策的使用是美国决策的一个重要方面。然而，很少有工作研究公众对技术官僚主义的看法。使用来自美国代表性样本的数据（n= 1200），我探讨了对技术官僚主义的支持的差异以及这种支持对有关政治上有争议的能源和气候政策的观点的影响。总的来说，我发现自由派民主党人、温和/保守派民主党人和温和派/自由派共和党人比保守派共和党人和温和派独立人士更有可能支持技术官僚决策。此外，我发现随着对技术专家的支持增加，对能源和气候政策的支持也在增加；然而，政治信仰之间存在显着的相互作用效应。