Noah Haggerty

@nohaggerty.bsky.social

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Wildfire reporter at the Los Angeles Times. Retired rookie physicist

A screenshot of the policy, which reads: $39 per person, $19 for children under 4 feet tall, Free for children under 3 and a half feet tall
Today, younger Republicans are 11% less likely to support new nuclear plants in the U.S. than their older counterparts. Meanwhile the opposite is true for the left: Younger Democrats are 9% more likely to support new nuclear than older Democrats, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center. As a result, while Republicans older than 65 are 27% more likely to support nuclear energy than their Democratic peers, Republicans age 18 to 29 are only 7% more likely to support it than their Democratic counterparts.
The front page of the Los Angeles Times for Nov. 22, 2024. The headline reads: "Nuclear power gets a fresh look from younger people"