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American Public Responses to COVID-19: April 2020
Drawing on a scientific national survey (N = 3,933; including 3,188 registered voters), this report describes...
Voters in Upcoming 2020 Primary States Support Climate Action
As the Democratic presidential primary gets underway, a new survey finds voters in the 26 states with Democratic...
Climate Change in the American Mind: October 2014
Recognizing that public opinion plays a critical role in the American response to global warming, our bi-annual...
Adapting to Climate Change & Sea Level Rise: A Maryland Statewide Survey, Fall 2014
Highlights of this survey, which was released by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and conducted in...
Weathercaster Views on Informal Climate Education: Similarities and Differences According to Climate Change Attitudes
Surveys have found that weathercaster views on climate change are diverse, with a large majority agreeing that climate...
Key Findings of a National Medical Association Survey
The following report contains the findings of a survey conducted in two phases in March and May of 2014 among members...
Public Perceptions of Climate Change: A Maryland Statewide Survey, Fall 2014
This 2014 survey on public perceptions of climate change in Maryland followed a 2013 study conducted by George Mason...
Global Warming vs. Climate Change: May 2014
In January 2014, we conducted a nationally representative experimental study and found that the terms global warming...
Politics and Global Warming: April 2014
Most registered voters are 2.5 times more likely to vote for a congressional or presidential candidate who supports...
Climate Change in the American Mind: April 2014
This report summarizes the beliefs and attitudes findings from our April 2014 survey. Findings include that most...
Climate Change Education through TV Weathercasts: Results of a Field Experiment
A field study shows that on-air and online education provided by a TV meteorologist over the course of one year...
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