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Global Warming, part 3 Republicans
The article goes on for another 3 1/2 pages and there's LOTS of good information but I'm getting tired of typing. If you're interested, keep checking the Columbia website for the article to be published online. It's quite a good article.
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"Because the vast majority of coal-mining states tend to vote Republican in presidential elections, Fisher might examine if the coal industry tries to appeal to conservative cultural values when opposing greenhouse gas regulations. She says that industry-funded think tanks have incorporated rhetoric about individualism and personal liberty in their public relations materials before. It would seem a propitious strategy: Since 1997, according to Gallup, the percentage of Republicans who say they believe the earth is warming has *declined* from 47 to 41%. Particularly striking is the fact that a full 56% of Rs today say they recognize that most scientists believe the earth is warming. Many Rs, in other words, simply don't believe the scientists."
"Whereas 10 years ago Rs and Ds believed in roughly equal numbers that the earth was warming, today Rs are about half as likely as Ds to accept the basic science of climate change."
Tony Leiserrowitz, the CRED researcher, who is also a Yale professor... conducted a national study in 2002... "He found that people who don't believe in global warming are more likely to be white, male, religious, politically conservative, and radio-talk-show listeners."