As the science editor for The Atlantic, Ross Andersen struggled for years to find stories about climate change that readers would pay attention to. “Maximally apocalyptic headline and framing was the only way to get people in, and even those didn’t perform in huge ways,” he told me. But about […] Read more »
Politics & Global Warming, December 2018
Drawing on a nationally representative survey (N = 1,114; including 966 registered voters), this report describes how American registered voters — Republicans, Democrats, and Independents — view global warming, personal and collective action, and climate policies. … Nearly three in four registered voters (74%) think global warming is happening. This […] Read more »
State of the Union 2019: How Americans see major national issues
Following a political standoff that briefly delayed his annual speech to the nation, President Donald Trump will deliver his second State of the Union address on Tuesday night. The speech comes amid a debate between Trump and congressional Democrats over border security – one that recently led to the longest […] Read more »
Poll shows strong support for public lands protections, unpopularity of Trump administration’s ‘energy dominance’ agenda
The ninth annual Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll released today shows voters in the Mountain West continue to support efforts to keep public lands protected and accessible, putting them at odds with the Trump administration’s “energy dominance” agenda. The poll surveyed the views […] Read more »
The great irony of climate change politics is red states face more pain
Climate change will impose the greatest economic losses on Republican-leaning areas of the country that are almost uniformly resisting new efforts to combat it, according to a sweeping new study released Tuesday. In the study, researchers at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program found that states, counties and congressional districts […] Read more »
Americans Most Satisfied With Nation’s Military, Security
Two years into Donald Trump’s presidency, Americans remain most satisfied with the state of U.S. military strength and preparedness (78%) and the nation’s security from terrorism (68%), among a list of 22 policy areas. At the other end of the spectrum, the public is least satisfied with the nation’s campaign […] Read more »