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Politics and Global Warming, Spring 2016
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Connie Roser-Renouf, Geoff Feinberg and Seth Rosenthal
Filed under: Policy & Politics
Report Summary
This report offers our latest findings on how American voters across the political spectrum–Democrats, Independents, and Republicans and liberals, moderates, and conservatives–view global warming, how those views will affect their vote in the 2016 elections, and how they think citizens and government should address global warming.
Table of Contents
- Report Summary
- Key Findings
- Introduction
- Reading Notes
- 1. Global Warming Beliefs and Attitudes
- 2. Global Warming as an Issue in the November 2016 Elections
- 3. Political Action On Global Warming
- 4. Individual Action On Global Warming
- 5. Support for Government Action on Global Warming
- Appendix I: Data Tables & Sample Demographics
- Appendix II: Survey Method
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Citation
Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., Roser-Renouf, C., Feinberg, G., & Rosenthal, S. (2016). Politics and global warming, Spring 2016. Yale University and George Mason University. New Haven, CT: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
Funding Sources
This research was made possible by the generous support of the 11th Hour Project, the U.S. Energy Foundation, the Grantham Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation.