Trump Voters & Global Warming

The report finds that a significant portion of Trump voters believe global warming is happening and support various climate-friendly policies, including the Paris agreement and renewable energy expansion, despite the candidate's public skepticism.

• Approximately half of Trump voters (49%) believe that global warming is occurring, while 30% believe it is not happening.
• Nearly half of Trump voters (47%) support U.S. participation in the Paris agreement to limit global warming, whereas 28% oppose it.
• A majority of Trump voters (62%) support the use of taxes and/or regulations to reduce pollution causing global warming, with 31% supporting both methods and 21% supporting neither.
• Trump voters show strong support for renewable energy and clean energy research: 77% support generating solar and wind energy on public land, 71% support more clean energy research, and 69% support tax rebates for energy-efficient vehicles and solar panels.
• There is significant support among Trump voters for restrictive fossil fuel policies: 52% support eliminating all federal fossil fuel industry subsidies, 48% support a revenue-neutral carbon tax, and 48% support strict CO2 emission limits on existing coal-fired power plants (the core of the EPA Clean Power Plan).
• Trump voters are divided 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 U.S. should increase its use of renewable energy sources (solar, wind, and geothermal) in the future, while 33% believe the U.S. should use fossil fuels less.

APA

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (n.d.). Trump Voters & Global Warming. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/app/uploads/2017/02/Trump-Voters-and-Global-Warming.pdf

Chicago

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Trump Voters & Global Warming. n.d. https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/app/uploads/2017/02/Trump-Voters-and-Global-Warming.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{yaleprogramonclimatechangecommunicationndtrump, author = {{Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}}, title = {{Trump Voters \& Global Warming}}, institution = {Yale Program on Climate Change Communication}, url = {https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/app/uploads/2017/02/Trump-Voters-and-Global-Warming.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }