Report · Jun 17, 2015
Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Spring 2025
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, Emily Goddard, Jennifer Carman, Marija Verner, Teresa Myers, Joshua Ettinger, Julia Fine, Emily Richards, Matthew Goldberg and Jennifer Marlon
Filed under: Policy & Politics
7. Who Should Take Action to Address Global Warming?
7.1 Majorities of registered voters want corporations and industry, government, and citizens to do more to address global warming.
Seven in ten registered voters say corporations and industry should do either “much more” or “more” to address global warming (70% of registered voters, including 94% of liberal Democrats, 86% of moderate/conservative Democrats, 54% of liberal/moderate Republicans, and 42% of conservative Republicans).
Half or more of registered voters, including majorities of both liberal and moderate/conservative Democrats, say the U.S. Congress (64%), citizens themselves (62%), the Republican Party (62%), President Trump (60%), local government officials (56%), the Democratic Party (56%), their governor (55%), and the media (54%) should do more. Forty-eight percent of registered voters think they themselves should do more to address global warming.
Thirty-two percent of liberal/moderate Republicans say their party (the Republican Party) should do more to address global warming, while only 23% of conservative Republicans say so. Large majorities of both liberal Democrats (86%) and moderate/conservative Democrats (75%) say their party (the Democratic Party) should do more.
