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A new poll demonstrates that nearly two-thirds of registered voters across the U.S. believe the climate crisis is contributing to increases in their home utility bills.

The survey, conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communications and published earlier this week, also notes that, ahead of the 2026 midterms, there is a strong preference among the American electorate for candidates to support policies that address climate change.

“The findings suggest energy affordability could be a unifying entry point for climate conversations, offering a way to discuss climate change that resonates regardless of political affiliation,” an explainer of the poll from the Yale School of the Environment suggested.

Per the poll’s findings, 66 percent of registered voters believe that the climate crisis — described as “global warming” throughout the survey — is presently causing their home utility bills to go up.

The poll also indicated that voters throughout the U.S. want corporations to do more to address the crisis, with 66 percent expressing that sentiment. Sixty-one percent of voters said that Congress and President Donald Trump should do more to address the crisis.

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