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).
