Trump Voters and Global Warming

The report finds that a significant portion of Trump voters acknowledge global warming and support various clean energy and climate policies, including renewable energy development on public lands and carbon taxation, despite the skepticism expressed by President Trump.

• Approximately half of Trump voters believe global warming is occurring, and nearly half support U.S. participation in international agreements to limit it.
• There is strong support among Trump voters for renewable energy and clean energy incentives, with 77% supporting solar and wind generation on public land and 71% supporting clean energy research funding.
• A majority of Trump voters (62%) support the taxation or regulation of pollution causing global warming, and over half (52%) support the total elimination of federal subsidies for the fossil fuel industry.

APA

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (2017). Trump Voters and Global Warming. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/trump-voters-global-warming/

Chicago

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Trump Voters and Global Warming. 2017. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/trump-voters-global-warming/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{yaleprogramonclimatechangecommunication2017trump, author = {{Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}}, title = {{Trump Voters and Global Warming}}, institution = {Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}, year = {2017}, month = feb, url = {https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/trump-voters-global-warming/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }