Americans favor politicians who support limit to greenhouse emissions

Climate skepticism going down

David Crossley, Oct 18, 11.

Stanford social psychologist and public opinion expert Dr. Jon Krosnick says research on public opinion and its relationship to voting habits has consistently shown that Americans favor politicians who support strong policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions, according to a story at Climate Science Watch:

Dr. Krosnick reported that the majority of Americans favor politicians with “green” views on climate change, and that these politicians will receive more votes than those whose policies do not address climate change.

Through a series of representative sample surveys, Dr. Krosnick found that, in general, Americans want to see politicians doing more about climate change. Contrary to what the vocal climate denial machine would have you believe, in no state did he find that a majority of residents were skeptical that climate change was actually occurring. Even in recent years (his data include 2011), when climate change seems to be seen as a political loser that is rarely emphasized by mainstream politicians, his surveys indicated that for the country as a whole, certainty of the existence of climate change has increased. MORE

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