This study finds that, although energy policy preferences are related to political party identification, they are often more strongly related to perceived seriousness of the energy situation, to education, and to age. Those who perceive the situation to be serious, and the young, are more likely than others to favor conservation and abandonment of existing energy supplies in favor of nonconventional supplies. Also, the partisan dimension of the energy issue is found to increase as consideration of the issue becomes more specific.
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