Florida National Parks Polling

Pollsters gauged Floridians’ opinion on threats to Florida national parks, including overfishing, oil and gas extraction, and climate change. Survey questions also sought to determine Floridians’ views on potential solutions to these issues, including Everglades restoration, marine protection policies, and more.

These results indicate strong bipartisan support for restoration and conservation efforts in Florida, with respondents identifying as Republican (34%), Democrat (30%), and Independent (27%) and a small portion indicating no party affiliation (9%).

Key Findings:

89%

of Floridians value the conservation of Florida’s natural resources as our state grows to ensure future generations can enjoy our state’s natural beauty.

Everglades Restoration

• 86% of Floridians agree that our leaders have an obligation to protect and restore the Everglades for the benefit of our state’s economy, water supply, and quality of life.
• 83% of Floridians believe investing in Everglades restoration is critical for Florida’s climate resilient future.

Climate Change

• 85% of Floridians agree it is important to find climate change solutions given the impact it is having on our national parks.
• In fact, over 70% of respondents in Miami-Dade County report having personally experienced the impact of climate change in their lives already.
• Support for climate change solutions is higher in Florida than the national average as compared with a previous NPCA poll from 2022.

85%

of Floridians agree that national parks should be protected from extractive industries like oil drilling and mining.

Protecting Parks

• 87% of Floridians support increasing protections for the Florida Reef Tract, portions of which are included in Biscayne and Dry Tortugas National Parks.
• 85% of Floridians agree that national parks should be protected from extractive industries like oil drilling and mining.
• 81% of Floridians agree that Big Cypress National Preserve should be fully restored from damages caused by the hunt for oil and protected from new industrial oil development within its boundaries.
• Specifically, 85% of respondents in Miami-Dade County agree that the Everglades and our sensitive lands and waters in South Florida must be protected from harmful over-development.
• Also in Miami-Dade County, 85% support using marine protected areas as a conservation tool in national parks to build healthy ocean and marine ecosystems.

Methodology:

85%

of Floridians agree it is important to find climate change solutions given the impact it is having on our national parks

The goal of this survey is to gauge Floridians and Miami-Dade County residents’ views on climate change and the protection of Florida’s natural areas. The survey was administered online between March 1 and 15, 2024, through a well-known survey data collection organization, Dynata. To increase quality and representation, this organization administers surveys across a variety of digital sources such as online communities, emails, and websites. To avoid self-selection bias, specific project details were not included in the invitation to participate in the survey.

Two samples were collected, the first encompassing of 1,000 participants across Florida, and the second comprising 500 individuals from Miami-Dade County. In both samples, the participants were over the age of 18 years old. A screening question was set at the beginning of the survey to exclude those who are younger than 18 years old. Responses for both samples were weighted to reflect Florida’s and Miami-Dade County’s distribution of the population by gender, age, and education, ethnicity, and income according to the latest American Community Survey data.

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