Politics and Global Warming

The report finds that registered voters are significantly more likely to support political candidates who favor action to reduce global warming and are more likely to vote against those who oppose such action. While a strong divide exists between Democrats and Republicans, there is a notable split within the Republican Party, with liberal/moderate Republicans sharing more similarities with moderate/conservative Democrats than with conservative Republicans on issues such as the occurrence of global warming, levels of concern, and support for carbon dioxide emission limits on coal-fired power plants.

• Registered voters show a strong preference for candidates who support climate action, being 2.5 times more likely to vote for a candidate who supports reducing global warming and 3 times more likely to vote against one who opposes such action.
• A segment of the American public is willing to engage in political activism: 26% would join a campaign to influence elected officials, 37% would sign a pledge to vote only for candidates sharing their views on global warming, and 13% would engage in non-violent civil disobedience.
• There is a significant ideological divide within the Republican Party; liberal/moderate Republicans are more similar to moderate/conservative Democrats than to conservative Republicans. For instance, 61% of liberal/moderate Republicans believe global warming is happening compared to 28% of conservative Republicans, and 65% of liberal/moderate Republicans support strict carbon dioxide emission limits on coal-fired power plants compared to 31% of conservative Republicans.

APA

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (2014). Politics and Global Warming. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/politics-global-warming-spring-2014/

Chicago

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Politics and Global Warming. 2014. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/politics-global-warming-spring-2014/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{yaleprogramonclimatechangecommunication2014politics, author = {{Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}}, title = {{Politics and Global Warming}}, institution = {Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}, year = {2014}, month = jun, url = {https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/politics-global-warming-spring-2014/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }