ABSTRACT

The American public is split on support for hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”). This study seeks to better understand fracking attitudes by predicting support via economic, environmental, and public health concern. We find support for fracking is intertwined with political partisanship. We show those identifying as “other” political party are significantly more likely to claim “don’t know” in response to questions of fracking support. However, fracking attitudes are not solely the product of political ideology, but also of perceived effects on the environment, the economy, and especially public health.

中文翻译：

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压裂的公共卫生框架？预测公众对水力压裂的支持

摘要

美国公众对水力压裂（“水力压裂”）的支持存在分歧。本研究旨在通过预测经济、环境和公共卫生问题的支持来更好地了解水力压裂的态度。我们发现对水力压裂的支持与政治党派偏见交织在一起。我们表明，那些被认定为“其他”政党的人更有可能在回答压裂支持问题时声称“不知道”。然而，水力压裂的态度不仅是政治意识形态的产物，也是对环境、经济，尤其是公共健康的感知影响的产物。