Replication Data for: Does partisanship shape public support for suspending U.S. federal gas tax? A survey experiment

In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the national average gasoline price in the U.S. rose sharply. In response, President Biden wanted Congress to temporarily suspend the 18.4 cents per gallon federal gasoline tax. However, critics pointed out that gas tax suspension could: (1) undermine U.S. climate policy goals by encouraging the use of gasoline cars, (2) threaten U.S. national security by providing additional oil revenue to the Russian government to expanding its military capacity, and (3) undermine the economy by defunding federal highway infrastructure. To systematically test how these critiques influenced public support for gas tax suspension, in May 2002, we administered an online survey experiment to a representative sample of U.S. respondents (N=1,705). We found that in spite of high inflation during the months when the survey was conducted, national security and the economy frames reduced public support for the gas tax suspension while the climate frame had no such effect.2022年2月俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后，美国全国汽油平均价格大幅上涨。对此，拜登总统希望国会临时暂停每加仑18.4美分的联邦汽油税。然而，批评者指出，暂停汽油税可能带来三方面弊端：其一，通过鼓励燃油汽车使用，破坏美国气候政策目标；其二，为俄罗斯政府提供额外石油收入以扩充其军事能力，威胁美国国家安全；其三，削减联邦公路基础设施的资金供给，损害经济发展。为系统性检验上述批评观点如何影响公众对暂停汽油税的支持程度，我们于2002年5月针对具有全国代表性的美国受访者样本（N=1705）开展了线上调查实验。研究结果显示，尽管调查实施当月处于高通胀时期，但国家安全与经济相关的表述框架降低了公众对暂停汽油税的支持度，而气候相关框架则未产生此类影响。