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Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020

Are Republican voters growing more concerned about climate change?

Allegra Taylor, Gigafact
no

Among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, Pew Research has found no significant change in views on climate policy since 2016. The share of Democratic voters responding that climate change should be a top priority increased from 56% in 2016 to 78% in January of this year, Pew found. With shifts by Democrats and some independents, the number of those concerned about climate change overall rose from 38% to 52%.

Another study looked at attitudes towards the Green New Deal. In December 2018 81% of registered voters–including 57% of conservative Republicans–expressed support for its policy goals after they were described. But by April 2019, support among conservative Republicans declined to 32%. Frequent Fox News viewers had become both more aware of and less supportive of the concept than other Republicans.

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