Report · Feb 5, 2019
Politics & Global Warming, December 2018
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, Matthew Goldberg, Matthew Ballew, Abel Gustafson and Parrish Bergquist
Filed under: Policy & Politics
2. Should the United States Act on Global Warming?
2.1. Most registered voters say the United States should reduce greenhouse gas emissions, regardless of what other countries do.
Most registered voters think the United States should reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, regardless of what other countries do (69%). Majorities of liberal Democrats (92%), moderate/conservative Democrats (76%), and liberal/moderate Republicans (55%) take this position, as do 45% of conservative Republicans.
Only 5% of registered voters (including 2% of Democrats and 3% of Independents, but 11% of Republicans) say the United States should not reduce its emissions (see Data Tables).
