Across Partisan Lines, Fewer See Solid Evidence of Lines, Global Warming
The decline in the belief in solid evidence of global warming has come across the political spectrum, but has been particularly pronounced among independents. Just 53% of independents now see solid evidence of global warming, compared with 75% who did so in April 2008. Republicans, who already were highly skeptical of the evidence of global warming, have become even more so: just 35% of Republicans now see solid evidence of rising global temperatures, down from 49% in 2008 and 62% in 2007. Fewer Democrats also express this view — 75% today compared with 83% last year.
Across Partisan Lines, Fewer See  | Solid Evidence of Lines, Global Warming  | 91  | 86  | 83  | 75  | Dem  | 79  | 78  | 75  | 62  | Ind  | 59  | 53  | 49  | 35 Rep  | 2006  | 2007  | 2008  | 2009 