Clinging to Power: Status Threat and Attitudes Toward Renewable Energy

• In Event: JSS: Multilevel Governance Initiatives on Climate

Brief Overview

Status threat has been found to shape the overall political opinions of American voters. This work uses a survey experiment with factorial design to determine if status threat has an impact on opinions about renewable energy in the Upper Midwest.

Authors

• Cassandra Epping, Northern Illinois University

• Nick Florian, Northern Illinois University

• Tammie-Louise Finnegan, Northern Illinois University (NIU)

• Colin Kuehl, Northern Illinois University