66% oppose local construction; 27% favor it in a national survey.
| Response | Share |
|---|---|
| Strongly favor/Favor | 27% |
| Oppose/Strongly oppose | 66% |
| Vol: Unsure | 2% |
| Vol: No response | 5% |
United States likely voters; Marist turnout-probability weighting of registered voters · Fieldwork 2026-10-19–2026-10-20. Bars use a 0–100% scale. Less-than results retain the source threshold and have no exact-length bar.
What the result tells us
The local-construction question shows substantially more opposition than support. A separate question about the national impact of new data centers records 59% negative and 33% positive. The questions measure different judgments and should not be combined into one score.
National impact is a different question
| Response | Share |
|---|---|
| A positive impact on the country | 33% |
| A negative impact on the country | 59% |
| Vol: Unsure | 2% |
| Vol: No response | 5% |
United States likely voters; Marist turnout-probability weighting of registered voters · Fieldwork 2026-10-19–2026-10-20. Bars use a 0–100% scale. Less-than results retain the source threshold and have no exact-length bar.
What this does not measure
This national likely-voter sample cannot establish what residents think about a particular proposed site. It also does not identify why people oppose construction; claims about electricity bills, water use or jobs would require separate evidence.
Survey details and sources
NPR/PBS News/Marist interviewed 1,289 registered voters 2026-10-19 through 2026-10-20, using live telephone, text and online methods. The charts use likely-voter weighting; a separate likely-voter question sample is not reported. The published margin of error for likely-voter shares is ±3.8 percentage points. Released 2026-10-27.
Source: Marist Poll. Caldwell Research analysis and presentation. Rounded percentages and less-than bounds are retained.
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