UT/TT Poll: Texans Positively React to Public’s Response to Hurricane Harvey, Divided on Influence of Climate Change on Storm’s Severity
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey's devastating floods across southeast
The Category 4 hurricane began wreaking havoc
"Not surprisingly, Texans had very positive responses to the way people both in the affected areas and from across the state rallied to help each other," said
Voters in the state were sharply divided on whether climate change contributed to the severity of the hurricanes that inflicted damage on several states and the
"While we didn't see political partisanship exercising very powerful influence in Texans' attitudes toward responses to
The poll also asked Texans which relief efforts were most important for local, state and federal authorities to get involved in. Debris cleanup and housing ranked as the top two most important problems to address by 28 percent and 26 percent of the respondents, respectively. Public health was seen as the most important problem by 22 percent, and environmental contamination by 15 percent. Only 2 percent of those polled chose transportation or public education as a priority for the recovery effort.
"It was initially surprising that so few people thought fundamental issues like transportation and public education should be prioritized, given the attention that those two issues have received," said
The internet-based statewide poll was conducted
This is the latest in a series of polls conducted by UT
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