Conservative Republicans Stand Alone on Climate Change
by Peter Graham on Apr 27, 2015 | Views: 971 | Score: 6
| Percent agreeing that climate change is the result of pollution from human activity | |
|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 81 |
| Conservative/Moderate Democrats | 67 |
| Non-leaning Independents | 54 |
| Moderate/Liberal Republicans | 49 |
| Conservative Republicans | 27 |
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Conservative Republicans are alone on the political spectrum on the issue of man-made climate change. Even Moderate and Liberal Republicans agree at rates of almost 50% that climate change is the result of human pollution. It is a testament to the level of partisanship in American politics today that there is a political debate where the scientific one on the same issue is effectively over.
Unfortunately, the conservative media has done a great job at keeping this debate alive. Even more unfortunately, the opinions of people are swayed by other opinions rather than actual statistics. A cold day in April is not reason enough to 100% outright deny the existence of anthropogenic global warming.
This makes the "debate" look even. We need a column for the rest of the world which is basically to the left of all of these.