May. 30 at 9:26 PM
$TE $FSLR $TSLA From the NY Times
First Solar Inc., a photovoltaic solar and manufacturing company, hired Mr. Trump’s campaign pollster, Fabrizio, Lee & Associates, in February to gauge how Republican voters felt about the technology. The findings: Most of them like solar, especially if the panels are made in the United States and without Chinese materials.
Separately, a group of solar companies formed a coalition called American Energy First and commissioned a poll by Kellyanne Conway, Mr. Trump’s longtime adviser. That survey found that 75 percent of Trump voters supported expanding U.S. solar energy, garnering a headline in Breitbart, a right-wing news outlet.
The solar coalition is also amplifying conservatives who have written recently about the benefits of clean energy, such as Newt Gingrich, the Republican former House speaker and an informal Trump adviser.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/climate/solar-energy-politics-campaigns.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
