Report · Jun 17, 2025
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
9. Openness to Information About Global Warming
9.1 About one-third of registered voters say they need more information to form a firm opinion about global warming.
About one-third of registered voters (35%) say they need “a lot” or “some” more information to form a firm opinion about global warming. Liberal/moderate Republicans (47%) were the most likely to say they need more information, followed by moderate/conservative Democrats (36%) and conservative Republicans (34%). About one in four liberal Democrats (23%) said they need more information about global warming to form a firm opinion.
9.2 About one in four registered voters say they could easily change their mind about global warming.
About one in four registered voters (26%) say they could easily change their mind about global warming. Liberal/moderate Republicans (46%) were the most likely to say they could change their mind, followed by conservative Republicans (30%) and moderate/conservative Democrats (29%). By contrast, only 8% of liberal Democrats say they could easily change their mind about global warming.
