Poll Finds Fewer Americans Than Ever Doubt Climate Change Is Happening
"Even more startling: the survey also found a dramatic drop during the past year in the number of self-identified Republicans who doubt the existence of climate change, from 41 percent last fall to 26 percent now.
“The big shift here is amongst Republicans, and it is a huge one,” said Barry Rabe, professor of public policy and environmental policy at the University of Michigan, and a co-author of the poll. “Most survey work has found a gaping divide between self-identified Democrats and Republicans on this issue for many years now. This suggests that those differences still persist, but have declined significantly. We did not anticipate this.”
Judging by some commentators on our fair forum, I didn’t anticipate it either.
The good news?
Poll Finds Fewer Americans Than Ever Doubt Climate Change Is Happening
"Even more startling: the survey also found a dramatic drop during the past year in the number of self-identified Republicans who doubt the existence of climate change, from 41 percent last fall to 26 percent now.
“The big shift here is amongst Republicans, and it is a huge one,” said Barry Rabe, professor of public policy and environmental policy at the University of Michigan, and a co-author of the poll. “Most survey work has found a gaping divide between self-identified Democrats and Republicans on this issue for many years now. This suggests that those differences still persist, but have declined significantly. We did not anticipate this.”
Judging by some commentators on our fair forum, I didn’t anticipate it either.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/10/16/3713267/climate-change-poll/