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Climate views differ within US racial groups and along party lines
Original: Climate views differ within US racial groups and fall along partisan lines
New analysis indicates that American attitudes toward climate change cannot be reduced to race alone: views vary significantly within racial and ethnic groups and track party affiliation more closely than identity. The findings suggest political partisanship is a stronger predictor of climate beliefs than demographic background, complicating common assumptions about how different communities in the United States perceive environmental issues and climate policy.
Why now: Fresh research on how climate opinions split along partisan rather than purely racial lines is drawing attention amid ongoing US climate policy debates.
United StatesLondon School of Economics
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