Tennessee Poll Shows Bush May Benefit From NSR Confusion

October 22, 2004
A new poll of likely Tennessee voters found overwhelmingly support for the new source review (NSR) power plant pollution policy favored by Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, but less than half know Kerry is advocating that approach -- and 15 percent wrongly attributed the policy to President Bush, who has granted utilities greater flexibility under the program. One political analyst says voter confusion over NSR reflects the fact that environment is not a top-tier issue in this presidential campaign. The...


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