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THREE CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA SETS FOR THE HOUSE ARE ANALYZED FOR 1973 TO 1978. CONCLUSIONS ARE: (1) POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION HAS REMAINED STABLE; (2) THE EAST IS THE AREA MOST SUPPORTIVE; (3) CLEAR PARTISAN DIFFERENCES EXIST; (4) THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IS IDEOLOGY; AND (5) SUPPORT IS STRONGEST IN URBAN AND SUBURBAN CONSTITUENCIES.

ABSTRACTThree cross‐sectional data sets for the U.S. House of Representatives are analyzed for 1973 to 1978. The conclusions are: (1) Political support for environmental legislation has remained stable and has not diminished in the face of economic problems and energy shortages. (2) The East is the region most supportive of environmental issues while the South is by far the least supportive. (3) Clear partisan differences exist with the Democrats consistently more pro‐environmental than Republicans. (4) The most important factor associated with environmental support is ideology. Although interrelated with party, it is more salient than either party or constituency factors. (5) Support for pro‐environmental voting is strongest in urban and suburban constituencies and weakest in rural and mixed districts.

An examination of the impact of partisan politics, ideology, & constituency on support for environmental quality. The following conclusions are drawn from analysis of 3 cross-sectional data sets for the US House of Representatives from 1973 to 1978: (1) Political support for environmental legislation has remained stable & not diminished in the face of economic problems & energy shortages. (2) The East is the region most supportive of environmental issues while the South is the least supportive. (3) Clear partisan differences exist with Democrats consistently more proenvironmental than Republicans. (4) The most important factor associated with environmental support is ideology. Although interrelated with party, it is more salient than either party or constituency factors. (5) Support for proenvironmental voting is strongest in Ur & suburban constituencies & weakest in Ru & mixed districts. 4 Tables. HA.