2. Global Warming and Clean Energy as Government Priorities

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Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, December 2022


2.1. About half of registered voters think global warming should be a “high” or “very high” priority for the president and Congress.

About half of registered voters (52%) think global warming should be a high or very high priority for the president and Congress (see data tables, p. 40). This includes a large majority of liberal Democrats (90%), about three in four moderate/conservative Democrats (74%), and one in three liberal/moderate Republicans (33%). Few conservative Republicans (10%) think so.

2.2. Most registered voters think developing sources of clean energy should be a “high” or “very high” priority for the president and Congress.

About two in three registered voters (65%) think developing sources of clean energy should be a high or very high priority for the president and Congress (see data tables, p. 40). This includes large majorities of liberal Democrats (95%) and moderate/conservative Democrats (82%), about half of liberal/moderate Republicans (52%), but only 28% of conservative Republicans.


Citation

Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., Rosenthal, S., Kotcher, J., Carman, J., Lee, S., Verner, M., Ballew, M., Ansah, P., Badullovich, N., Myers, T., Goldberg, M., & Marlon, J. (2023). Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, December 2022. Yale University and George Mason University. New Haven, CT: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.

Funding Source

The research was funded by the 11th Hour Project, the Energy Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the Grantham Foundation.