… As the climate crisis becomes more serious and more obvious, Americans remain resistant to decisive and comprehensive action on climate change. … As scientific evidence about the causes of climate change has mounted and as a consensus has evolved in the scientific community, the public has remained divided and […] Read more »
Voters go ‘center-left’ on issues, but not on candidates
When it comes to issues and issue agendas, there is good news and bad news for Democrats in 2020 in the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. On the good news side of the ledger, there some key issues where voters seem supportive of left-leaning ideas and approaches. The bad […] Read more »
There’s evidence that climate activism could be swaying public opinion in the US
Nathaniel Geiger, Indiana University Climate activists walked out of classrooms and workplaces in more than 150 countries on Friday, Sept. 20 to demand stronger action on climate change. Mass mobilizations like this have become increasingly common in recent years. I’m a scholar of environmental communication who examines how people become […] Read more »
On The Many Gulfs In Climate Coverage
… Leah Stokes, a professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara studying public opinion and climate change, has research showing that congressional staff don’t have a handle on what constituents truly want. One of her team’s major findings is that aides who tended to meet more often with […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters are frustrated with government, nervous about economy
Many voters are frustrated with how the federal government is working and a growing number are nervous about the economy — yet ratings of economic conditions remain higher than before President Trump took office, according to the latest Fox News Poll. While 37 percent feel confident about the economy, 48 […] Read more »
For First Time, Majority of Americans Say Climate Change a Critical Threat
While the Democratic presidential candidates argue about how aggressive the Democratic nominee’s climate policies should be, there is no doubt that climate change will be an important agenda item for the Democratic primaries. A new Chicago Council Survey of the US public shows that Democrats name climate change as the […] Read more »