If you want to predict what the next steps in the progressive war on the private automobile will be in the United States, look to elite public opinion.
Electric-vehicle fanatics have pushed nine states into mandating zero-emission cars in the next few years. New York City will begin charging a congestion fee in Manhattan in May. In a new poll, commissioned by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, Scott Rasmussen has just surveyed 1,000 members of what he calls “the elite 1 percent” of Americans, namely those who have a postgraduate degree, live in dense urban areas, and earn more than $150,000 a year. In short, they are the people who frequently wield disproportionate influence over ideas and public policy.
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