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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Pollsters Finds MAGA Likes Solar Energy
Trump Pollsters Finds MAGA Likes Solar Energy
February 4, 2026 at 8:52 am EST By Taegan Goddard 57 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2026/02/04/trump-pollsters-finds-maga-likes-solar-energy/
A majority of Trump-coalition voters back solar power, especially if the panels are made in the U.S. and without Chinese materials, Axios reports.
Trump officials are moving against renewables on several fronts, including Interior Department permitting restrictions and the GOP budget law hastening the end of project subsidies.
But the poll commissioned by U.S. manufacturer First Solar suggests that a big swath of his coalition is partial to the tech.
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Trump Pollsters Finds MAGA Likes Solar Energy (Original Post)
applegrove
7 hrs ago
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Who doesn't like free electricity from the sun? Only the most backward among us.
Blues Heron
7 hrs ago
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Blues Heron
(8,507 posts)1. Who doesn't like free electricity from the sun? Only the most backward among us.
kimbutgar
(26,973 posts)2. i was in Arizona the last week and saw a lot of solar panels
And even saw one with an orange piggy flag !
applegrove
(130,970 posts)3. There is a school somewhere in the South that put solar panels on its roof and sells so much energy back to the grid
that they have lots of money for school projects and programs. All elementary schools should be doing that.