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Report · Jan 14, 2021
Politics & Global Warming, December 2020
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, Jennifer Carman, Xinran Wang, Matthew Goldberg, Karine Lacroix and Jennifer Marlon
Filed under: Policy & Politics
7. Global Warming as a Voting Issue in the 2020 Election
7.1. About half of registered voters say the issue of global warming was important in determining their vote in 2020.
About half of registered voters (48%) say the issue of global warming was an important factor in determining how they voted in 2020. Three in four Democrats (74%) say it was an important issue, as do 45% of Independents. Three in four Republicans (76%) say global warming was not an important issue in determining their vote (see Data Tables).
Table of Contents
- Report Summary
- Executive Summary
- Reading Notes
- 1. Global Warming and Clean Energy as Government Priorities
- 2. Support for Policies to Reduce the Pollution that Causes Global Warming
- 3. Energy Production as an Economic Issue
- 4. Support for Infrastructure Investments
- 5. Who is Responsible for Action on Global Warming?
- 6. Educating Students About Global Warming
- 7. Global Warming as a Voting Issue in the 2020 Election
- Appendix I: Data Tables
- Appendix II: Survey Method
- Appendix III: Demographics
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Citation
Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., Rosenthal, S., Kotcher, J., Carman, J., Wang, X., Goldberg, M., Lacroix, K., & Marlon, J. (2021). Politics & Global Warming, December 2020. Yale University and George Mason University. New Haven, CT: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
Funding Sources
The research was funded by the 11th Hour Project, the Energy Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Grantham Foundation.