Democrats grow more likely to say climate change is a major threat; Republican views remain mostly stable % who say global climate change is a major threat to the United States
Views of climate change have been consistently partisan over the past decade. Now, Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents are more than twice as likely to say climate change is a major threat than Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (88% vs. 31%). The share of Democrats who believe climate change is a threat has risen from 61% in 2009, while Republican views on this issue have remained relatively steady.
Democrats grow more likely to say climate change is  | a major threat; Republican views remain mostly stable  | % who say global climate change is a major threat to the United States  | 100 %  | 84  | 83  | 83  | 88  | 74  | Dem/Lean Dem  | 71  | 67  | 59  | 58  | 61  | Rep/Lean Rep  | 31  | 25  | 28  | 27  | 27  | 25  | 25  | 24  | 23  | 22  | 0  | 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020  | Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted March 3-29, 2020. Q13a.  | "Americans See Spread of Disease as Top International Threat, Along With Terrorism,  | Nuclear Weapons, Cyberattacks  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 