Report · Apr 25, 2016
Politics and Global Warming, Spring 2016
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Connie Roser-Renouf, Geoff Feinberg and Seth Rosenthal
Filed under: Policy & Politics
4. Individual Action On Global Warming
4.1. Three in ten Americans have rewarded companies taking steps to reduce global warming.
In the past 12 months, three in ten Americans have rewarded companies taking steps to reduce global warming by buying their products (30%). Most likely to have done so are liberal Democrats (43%); least likely are conservative Republicans (11%).
4.2. One in four Americans has punished companies opposing steps to reduce global warming.
In the past 12 months, about one in four Americans (24%) say they have punished companies that oppose taking steps to reduce global warming by not buying their products. The most likely to have done so are liberal Democrats (43%); the least likely are conservative Republicans (8%).
