Trump Voters & Global Warming

The report finds that a significant portion of Donald Trump's 2016 voters hold views on climate change that diverge from his public positions. Nearly half believe global warming is happening, and many support international agreements, carbon taxes, and renewable energy deployment, despite also supporting fossil fuel extraction on public lands.

• Approximately 49% of voters who supported Donald Trump believe that global warming is occurring, while 30% believe it is not happening.
• Despite Donald Trump's stated intention to cancel US participation in the Paris agreement, 47% of his voters believe the US should participate, compared to 28% who believe it should not.
• A majority of Trump voters support both the regulation and taxation of pollution that causes global warming, with 62% supporting at least one of these methods and 31% supporting both.
• Trump voters show strong support for renewable energy and clean energy research, with 77% supporting renewable energy generation on public land and 71% supporting more clean energy research.
• There is significant support among Trump voters for policies targeting the fossil fuel industry: 52% support eliminating all federal subsidies for the industry, and 48% support a revenue-neutral carbon tax.
• Trump voters hold conflicting views on public land use, supporting both renewable energy generation (77%) and the drilling and mining of fossil fuels (72%).
• Opinions are split on the economic impact of transitioning to clean energy: 29% believe it will improve economic growth and jobs, 21% believe it will have no impact, and 49% believe it will reduce growth and cost jobs.
• A large majority of Trump voters (73%) believe the US should increase its use of renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, and geothermal, in the future.

APA

Center for Climate Change Communication (n.d.). Trump Voters & Global Warming. https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Trump-Voters-and-Global-Warming.pdf

Chicago

Center for Climate Change Communication. Trump Voters & Global Warming. n.d. https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Trump-Voters-and-Global-Warming.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{centerforclimatechangecommunicationndtrump, author = {{Center for Climate Change Communication}}, title = {{Trump Voters \& Global Warming}}, institution = {Center for Climate Change Communication}, url = {https://climatecommunication.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Trump-Voters-and-Global-Warming.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }