The Express (Washington Post's free paper for Metro riders and others) has a poll every day where people can go online and vote. They emphasize that "the results reflect the votes of those who choose to participate. They are not derived from a scientific random sample." However, I feel like the poll results generally reflect the mood of the city.

This recent poll astounded me, though, as the question was "Would you pay a tax to cut down on greenhouse gases?" and the poll results showed an emphatic 75% No and 25% Yes.

Kind of depressing if even the very blue District doesn't want to make a sacrifice to help the environment. Or maybe I can look at it more positively. Maybe everyone knows and their experience has been that a tax and another government program would not help the situation (FEMA, I'm looking in your direction).