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· June 3, 2026

climate-change-american-mind-politics-policy-spring-2026-10.1

These dot plots show the percentage of registered voters, broken down by political party and ideology, who are extremely, moderately, or very confident that people like them, working together, can: affect what the federal government does about global warming, affect what their state government does about global warming, affect what their local government does about global warming, and affect what corporations do about global warming. Many registered voters are confident they can affect what the government and corporations do about global warming. Data: Climate Change in the American Mind, Politics & Policy, Spring 2026. Refer to the data tables in Appendix 1 of the report for all percentages.