{"id":19286,"date":"2011-12-08T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/the-partisan-divide-on-global-warming\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:44:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:44:49","slug":"the-partisan-divide-on-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2011\/12\/08\/the-partisan-divide-on-global-warming\/","title":{"rendered":"The Partisan Divide on Global Warming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While 63% of Americans overall believe there is solid evidence of global warming, there is a sharp partisan and ideological divide on the issue. Nearly eight-in-ten (77%) Democrats believe that global warming is occurring compared to 43% of Republicans. Just over seven-in-ten (73%) of Democrats who describe themselves as conservative or moderate believe there is solid evidence of warming, as do 84% of liberal Democrats. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among Republicans, only 31% of conservatives believe in global warming. An intra-party division exists, as 63% of Republicans who describe themselves as moderate or liberal believe in global warming \u2013 though but they constitute a smaller share of the party than do conservatives. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The large partisan and ideological gap over the existence of global warming is also reflected in opinions about whether it represents a serious problem. Nine-in-ten (90%) liberal Democrats say global warming is at least a somewhat serious problem, with 64% calling it \u201cvery serious.\u201d Nearly three-quarters of conservative Republicans (73%) say global warming either is not too serious a problem or not a problem.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tea Party affiliation is also a useful prism for understanding Republican divisions on global warming.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among all Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who agree with the Tea Party, 30% say there is solid evidence of global warming and 11% say it is mostly caused by human activity. 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