Politics & Global Warming, September 2021
5.1. Large majorities of registered voters support climate-friendly policies for their local community.
Across party and ideological lines, large majorities of registered voters support climate-friendly policies for their local community, including providing funding to help homeowners make energy-efficient improvements to their homes (85%), increasing the availability of public transportation in their county (85%), and constructing bike paths and installing bike lanes (80%). Majorities of liberal Democrats, moderate/conservative Democrats, liberal/moderate Republicans, and conservative Republicans support these policies.
Table of Contents
1. Global Warming and Clean Energy as Government Priorities
2. Support for Policies to Reduce the Pollution that Causes Global Warming
3. Energy Production as an Economic Issue
4. Who is Responsible for Action on Global Warming?
5. State and Local Government Action on Global Warming
6. Political Actions to Limit Global Warming
Citation
Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., Rosenthal, S., Kotcher, J., Carman, J., Neyens, L., Goldberg, M., Lacroix, K., & Marlon, J. (2021). Politics & Global Warming, September 2021. Yale University and George Mason University. New Haven, CT: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
Funding Sources
The research was funded by the 11th Hour Project, the Energy Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Grantham Foundation.