Seven-in-ten of those who live less than 25 miles from the coastline say climate change is affecting their local community a great deal or some. Roughly eight-in-ten Democrats, no matter where they live, say climate change is affecting their local community at least some. Majorities of U. The Trump administration has taken steps over the past year to roll back regulations on carbon emissions in areas such as fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles and power plants emissions.
Support for these policies aligns with how effective the public thinks they would be. A survey found majorities of Americans believed restrictions on power plant emissions, tax incentives to encourage businesses to reduce carbon emissions and tougher fuel-efficiency standards for cars would all make a difference at reducing climate change.
Democrats are particularly supportive of policy proposals to reduce the effects of global climate change. Differences among Democrats across demographic characteristics such as age and gender also are small.
Among Republicans, there are large gaps in support for some of these policies by ideology, as well as differences in views between GOP men and women. Moderate and liberal Republicans are broadly supportive of these proposals aimed at reducing the effects of climate change. Most Republican men and women support tree-planting efforts and offering a tax credit to businesses for carbon capture technology.
But GOP women are significantly more likely than men to favor tougher emissions restrictions on power plants, taxing corporations based on their emissions and tougher fuel-efficiency standards for cars.
Most U. Views on this question are about the same as they were last fall. Americans continue to be deeply politically divided over how much human activity contributes to climate change. The difference is even wider among those at the ends of the ideological spectrum. Views about the role of human activity in climate change also vary by education among Democrats, but not among Republicans. Democrats who have graduated from college are more likely to say human activity contributes a great deal to climate change than Democrats without a college degree.
Among Republicans, comparably small shares across level of education see human activity as contributing a great deal to climate change. Previous Pew Research Center analyses have found a similar dynamic in views of climate change by level of science knowledge, based on an item index. Among Democrats, those with higher levels of science knowledge are more likely to say human activity influences climate change a great deal than those with lower levels of science knowledge.
By contrast, there is no such relationship among Republicans. There also are significant differences in these views among Democrats by race and ethnicity. Reducing reliance on carbon-based fuels is viewed by climate advocates as a critical step to preventing the worst impacts of climate change.
Asked the same question in , a majority of Americans, 57 percent, said they believed that "human activities" were mostly responsible for "global warming. And, perhaps even more remarkable, a majority of people agreed with that statement in 46 states. The only places that were under 50 percent — Kentucky, North Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming — are states with deep ties to energy extraction. It's impossible to know for certain what drove that change, but the extreme weather events of the last few years, from hurricanes and floods to deep droughts and wildfires, might have played a role.
Whatever drove the shift, however, those numbers suggest it should be easier for Congress to take action on climate change. Getting people to see the world differently is not easy. That said, there are still some sharp divides in the data when you consider the presidential results. The percentage believing in human-caused climate change is quite high in states that voted for President Joe Biden last November. The average for those states, 59 percent, is a big number in a country as divided as the United States is right now.
This year's results also follow a month period when the COVID pandemic and national politics consumed much of people's attention, and the environment didn't figure as a dominant campaign issue in the elections. Still, there is variation across groups in the belief that the effects of global warming have already begun, a view that may be more relevant to the propensity for people to be politically active or factor it into their voting.
Even as Americans' views about global warming have been steady over the past six years, the positions held by Republicans and Democrats have increasingly diverged. As early as , Gallup documented differences in the seriousness with which each partisan group took the threat. But Democrats -- who, in , were more concerned than Republicans on all dimensions as well as more likely to believe humans are responsible -- have become almost monolithic in ringing the alarm on global warming.
At the same time, Republicans have grown less likely to do so. As a result, the gap between the percentages of Democrats and Republicans espousing belief in human-induced global warming has swelled on all questions. For example, the gap in the belief that the effects of global warming have already begun has grown from 13 percentage points in to 37 points in and 53 points today. Trend from to in perceptions that the effects of global warming are already happening, by political party.
Similarly, the gap between partisans in the view that global warming will pose a serious threat to themselves or their way of life in their lifetime was 16 points in and 38 points in versus 56 points today.
Trend from to in belief that global warming will pose a serious threat to oneself or way of life during one's lifetime, by party ID.
Trend from to in belief that global warming is due more to the effects of pollution from human activities than to natural changes in the environment, by party ID. DOI: Model estimates in the maps were derived from public responses to the following survey questions. The response categories for many questions were collapsed into a single variable for mapping. Global warming is happening Recently, you may have noticed that global warming has been getting some attention in the news. What do you think: Do you think that global warming is happening?
Global warming is caused mostly by human activities Assuming global warming is happening, do you think it is…? Most scientists think global warming is happening Which comes closest to your own view? Global warming is affecting the weather in the United States How strongly do you agree or disagree with the statement below? Global warming will harm plants and animals How much do you think global warming will harm plants and animal species?
Global warming will harm future generations How much do you think global warming will harm future generations of people? Global warming will harm people in developing countries How much do you think global warming will harm people in developing countries?
Global warming will harm people in the US How much do you think global warming will harm people in the United States? Global warming will harm me personally How much do you think global warming will harm you personally? Global warming is already harming people in the US When do you think global warming will start to harm people in the United States?
Regulate CO2 as a pollutant How much do you support or oppose the following policies? Regulate carbon dioxide the primary greenhouse gas as a pollutant.
Set strict CO2 limits on existing coal-fired power plants How much do you support or oppose the following policy? Set strict carbon dioxide emission limits on existing coal-fired power plants to reduce global warming and improve public health. The cost of electricity to consumers and companies would likely increase. Require fossil fuel companies to pay a carbon tax How much do you support or oppose the following policies? Require fossil fuel companies to pay a carbon tax and use the money to reduce other taxes such as income tax by an equal amount.
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