One of Gallup’s core missions is to measure and understand the attitudes of the American public on key policy issues of the day. In pursuit of that goal, Gallup recently began cataloging Americans’ attitudes about the potential effectiveness of specific proposals to fix the economy. CONT. Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »
Climate Battle Will Likely Divide Red and Blue States Down a Green Line
In the impending conflict over the Environmental Protection Agency carbon-reduction regulations President Obama will announce today, self-interest reinforces ideology. The conservative Republican-dominated red states most ideologically resistant to federal regulation in general also tend to be the states most reliant on carbon-intensive fuels (particularly coal) for their electricity. They’re also […] Read more »
A Break in the Clouds
After years of gloom, the forecast is brightening for the effort to combat destabilizing changes in the global climate. While formidable barriers still impede domestic and international action, other signs point to new alliances and momentum that could generate meaningful gains. … At home, most Americans say they believe that […] Read more »
Americans, Politics and Science Issues
One of the key trends in public opinion over the past few decades has been a growing divide among Republicans and Democrats into ideologically uniform “silos.” A larger share of the American public expresses issue positions that are either consistently liberal or conservative today than did so two decades ago, […] Read more »
Among Republicans, Catholics More Likely to Believe that Global Warming is Happening and Support Policies to Reduce It
… In this Climate Note we investigate whether or not there are differences in global warming beliefs, attitudes, and policy preferences between Catholic and non-Catholic Republicans. Overall, we find that Catholic Republicans are more convinced that global warming is happening and human-caused, and are more worried and supportive of climate […] Read more »
Economic Confidence Index, Gas Prices Linked
Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index averaged -6 for the week ending June 14. This reading continues the trend in generally lower confidence levels over the last several months, compared with the readings in positive territory in late 2014 and early 2015. CONT. Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »