Wide partisan divide over impact of human activity on climate change % ofU.S. adults who say human activity contributes to climate change A great deal Some Not too much/ not atall
Most U.S. adults think human activity, such as the burning of fossil fuels, contributes a great deal (49%) or some (32%) to climate change. About two-in-ten (19%) say human activity contributes not too much or not at all to climate change. Views on this question are about the same as they were last fall.
Wide partisan divide over impact of  | human activity on climate change  | % ofU.S. adults who say human activity contributes to  | climate change  | A great deal Some Not too much/ not atall  | U.S. adults  | 49  | 32  | 19  | Re p/lean Rep  | 43  | 22  | 35  | Dem/lean Dem  | 22  | 72  | 6  | Conservative Rep  | 14  | 41  | 45  | Mod/ lib Rep  | 36  | 46  | 19  | Mod/ cons Dem  | 62  | 29  | 8  | Liberal Dem  | 85 12 3  | Note: Respondents who did not give an answer are not shown.  | Source: Survey conducted April 29-May 5, 2020  | "Two-Thirds of Americans Think Government Should Do More on  | Climate  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 