Two-thirds of polled Americans don’t believe Congress has done enough to adopt a comprehensive energy policy to meet the nation’s present and future energy needs, according to a public opinion survey released Tuesday by the Alliance for Energy and Economic Growth (AEEG).

An estimated 67% of the 1,000 Americans surveyed in early April “feel that Congress hasn’t made this issue enough of a priority,” said Chris McAllister, research director for Wirthlin Worldwide, a Reston, VA-based research and consulting firm, which conducted the survey for the AEEG group. AEEG is a Washington, DC-based coalition that represents broad energy interests.

Public support for congressional action on energy exists nationwide, Wirthlin found. The strongest support came from Democrats in the West (85%), college or post-college graduates (80%), those with more than $40,000 in annual household income (79%), males over the age of 35 (76%), residents of East South Central and Mountain regions (74%), residents of the Pacific region (72%), and residents of the South Atlantic region (70%), according to the research firm.

The survey has a margin of error of plus-minus 3.1%.

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