I don't mean to turn this into a political blog, but I think this is an interesting issue that should be addressed.
It may come as no surprise, but polls have shown that there is a strong correlation between political party and belief in global warming. Of individuals polled who believed that recent temperatures are warmer than usual, 19% of republicans, 28% of independents, and 43% of democrats believed that they was caused by global warming.
Why is it that this scientific issue is so dependent on where an individual's political preferences/beliefs lie?
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That is interesting. I think you can see that in the different policies of the presidents recently, too. Obama has a focus on sustainable energy through a greater efficiency and renewables while during the Bush administration there was a focus on clean coals.
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna say that there is a high probability that this is largely due to Al Gore. Parties tend to mistrust leaders of competing groups and leaders discredit the beliefs of competing parties' prominent members. Al Gore was discredited by so many politicians lying through their teeth that I can't count. The news that he got a Nobel Peace Prize hardly made its way to the large portion of the public who doesn't read anything except mainstream media.
ReplyDeleteI meant: the high percentage of Democrats who know that climate change is a fact is largely due to Al Gore*
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