Not All Republicans Think Alike About Global Warming

The study reveals a divided Republican electorate, where moderate and liberal Republicans are significantly more likely to believe global warming is occurring and support carbon dioxide regulation than conservative and Tea Party Republicans. Despite these divisions, a majority of all Republicans support tax rebates for energy-efficient vehicles and solar panels, including a majority of conservatives.

• Belief that global warming is happening varies significantly by political faction within the Republican party: 68% of liberal and 62% of moderate Republicans believe it is occurring, compared to 38% of conservative Republicans and 29% of Tea Party Republicans.
• Support for regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant is held by 56% of all Republicans, including a majority of conservatives (54%), though support is highest among moderate (74%) and liberal (71%) Republicans and lowest among Tea Party Republicans (36%).
• Support for strict carbon dioxide limits on existing coal-fired power plants is split: majorities of liberal (73%) and moderate (62%) Republicans support the policy, while only 40% of conservative and 23% of Tea Party Republicans do.
• Tax rebates for solar panels or energy-efficient vehicles have broad support across the party, with 64% of all Republicans in favor, including 77% of moderates, 73% of liberals, 63% of conservatives, and 46% of Tea Party Republicans.

APA

Leiserowitz, A., Feinberg, G., Rosenthal, S., Marlon, J., Maibach, E., & Roser-Renouf, C. (2015). Not All Republicans Think Alike About Global Warming. Center for Climate Change Communication. https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/not-all-republicans-think-alike-about-global-warming/

Chicago

Leiserowitz, Anthony, Geoff Feinberg, Seth Rosenthal, Jennifer Marlon, Edward Maibach, and Connie Roser-Renouf. Not All Republicans Think Alike About Global Warming. Center for Climate Change Communication, 2015. https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/not-all-republicans-think-alike-about-global-warming/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{leiserowitz2015not, author = {Leiserowitz, Anthony and Feinberg, Geoff and Rosenthal, Seth and Marlon, Jennifer and Maibach, Edward and Roser-Renouf, Connie}, title = {{Not All Republicans Think Alike About Global Warming}}, institution = {Center for Climate Change Communication}, year = {2015}, month = jan, url = {https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/not-all-republicans-think-alike-about-global-warming/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }