Nov 28, 2014
Analysis of political denial in Climate change
By Claire Pflüger, Washington D.C., US
• Liberals and Democrats are more likely to believe in and be concerned about climate change as announced by scientists than conservatives and Republicans are.
• The self-reported understanding and concern of climate change are positive for liberals and Democrats, but are negative for conservatives and Republicans.
• It is only over the past ten years that a polarization of the political parties has occurred.