A National Poll on Republican vs Democratic Attitudes about Electric Vehicles
Why Have Electric Vehicles Become a Partisan Issue?
Electric Vehicles (EVs) offer cleaner air, independence from foreign oil supplies, high performance, freedom from the gas pump, and meaningful progress against climate change. Increasingly, consumers agree: Electric Vehicle sales in the United States have soared from approximately 150,000 units sold in 2016 to over 1,200,000 units sold last year. By 2028, the total evolution of the Electric Vehicle market in the U.S. is expected to reach $161 billion with nearly 2.5 million EVs sold. Scores of new EV assembly, battery, and component factories are either operational or under construction in America, creating an explosion in new EV jobs. The emergence of new EV battery technology promises longer vehicle driving ranges and cleaner batteries. Electric vehicle adoption is the future of mobility, so there can be no doubt that EV issues will be a growing part of America’s political agenda.
Yet recently, EVs have become a highly partisan issue with a sharp divide between Republican and Democratic consumers. Our national polling shows each party’s voters hold very different opinions about EVs, even though voters on both ends of the political spectrum simultaneously agree on many specific positive attributes of EVs. Why is this so? And what can be done by automakers, charging network investors, climate activists, and Electric Vehicle advocates to overcome the growing hostility against Electric Vehicles among America’s several million Republican-leaning auto buyers?
Solving this problem is the core mission of the EV Politics Project. We are a team of highly experienced GOP political consultants and EV enthusiasts who deeply believe in Electric Vehicle adoption and are dedicated to moving the EV needle in a positive direction among our fellow Republicans.
You can learn more about our work and the data we have gathered in the news feed of this site.
Mike Murphy Explains The EV Politics Project’s Mission:
Our founder, Mike Murphy, recently did an interview on the State of Charge YouTube channel with leading EV Journalist Tom Moloughney. Tune in for yourself to learn all about our organization’s mission and what we have learned from our national polling about the big divide between Republicans and Democrats on Electric Vehicles.
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Mike Talks EVs and the GOP “Red Wall” with Auto Industry Legend John McElroy on Autoline.tv:
How Carmakers Can Better Understand the Red State EV Buyer:
A happy day for Mike as he got to join Jamie Butters on one of his favorite podcasts: the Automotive News’ Daily Drive. Mike and Jamie discussed the EV Politics Project’s polling data and what it shows us about how to better market EVs.
Talking EV Issues in California:
Mike did a fun interview about EV issues on Inside the Issues with Amrit Singh, a primetime news show here in Los Angeles on Spectrum News 1.
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Tired of the Misleading Electric Vehicle Bashing from so many Republican Politicians? So Are We.
Trump “Christmas” Message 12/25/23
“None of which are as Evil and “Sick” as the THUGS we have inside our country who with their… all electric car lunacy, and so much more, are looking to destroy our once great USA. MAY THEY ROT IN HELL.”
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