Report · Nov 29, 2023
Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Fall 2023
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, Emily Goddard, Jennifer Carman, Marija Verner, Matthew Ballew, Jennifer Marlon, Sanguk Lee, Teresa Myers, Matthew Goldberg, Nicholas Badullovich and Kathryn Thier
Filed under: Policy & Politics
6. Who Should Take Action to Address Global Warming?
6.1. Majorities of registered voters want corporations and industry, citizens, and government to do more to address global warming.
A majority of registered voters say corporations and industry should do either “much more” or “more” to address global warming (68% of registered voters, including 92% of liberal Democrats, 90% of moderate/conservative Democrats, 63% of liberal/moderate Republicans, and 33% of conservative Republicans).
Half or more of registered voters, including majorities of both liberal and moderate/conservative Democrats and about half of liberal/moderate Republicans, say the Republican Party (62%), citizens themselves (62%), and the U.S. Congress (61%) should do more. Half or more of registered voters, including majorities of both liberal and moderate/conservative Democrats, say their local government officials (55%), the Democratic Party (55%), the media (55%), their governor (53%), President Biden (52%), and they themselves (50%) should do more to address global warming.
About half of liberal/moderate Republicans (55%) say their party (the Republican Party) should do more to address global warming, while only 21% of conservative Republicans say so. Majorities of both liberal Democrats (81%) and moderate/conservative Democrats (82%; an increase of 20 percentage points since we last asked this question in April 2023) say their party (the Democratic Party) should do more.
6.2. Across the political spectrum, few registered voters think the U.S. government is responding well to global warming.
Few registered voters agree that the U.S. government is responding well to the issue of global warming (12%). This is true across the political spectrum: Only 17% of liberal Democrats, 16% of moderate/conservative Democrats, 15% of liberal/moderate Republicans, and 7% of conservative Republicans agree.
