Global Warming and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election


Introduction

 

This report is based on findings from a nationally representative survey – Climate Change in the American Mind – conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (http://climatecommunication.yale.edu/) and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication (http://www.climatechangecommunication.org). Interview dates: March 18–31, 2016. Interviews: 1,004 Adults (18+) who are registered to vote.
Average margin of error: +/- 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. The research was funded by the 11th Hour Project, the U.S. Energy Foundation, the Grantham Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation.

Principal Investigators:

Anthony Leiserowitz, PhD
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
anthony.leiserowitz@yale.edu

Edward Maibach, MPH, PhD
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication
emaibach@gmu.edu

Connie Roser-Renouf, PhD
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication
croserre@gmu.edu

Geoff Feinberg
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
geoffrey.feinberg@yale.edu

Seth Rosenthal, PhD
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
seth.rosenthal@yale.edu