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title: February Verified Voter Omnibus - East Palestine - Echelon Insights
description: By a 24-point margin voters say that companies are more to blame for the derailment in East Palestine than Pete Buttigieg or federal agencies.
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# February Verified Voter Omnibus – East Palestine

By a 24-point margin voters say that companies are more to blame for the derailment in East Palestine than Pete Buttigieg or federal agencies.

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 Mar 2, 2023

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## 74% of voters have at least heard some things about the train derailment in East Palestine, but 23% haven’t heard much or anything at all.

- ##### By a 24-point margin, voters say that private companies are more to blame for the derailment and chemical spill in East Palestine than Pete Buttigieg or federal agencies.
- ##### Republican-leaning voters narrowly blame Buttigieg and federal agencies 45-37, while Democratic-leaning voters overwhelmingly blame private companies, 68-13.
- ##### In all emergency situations, Republicans are slightly more likely than Democrats to say they would stay at home or only leave if the situation is extreme.

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