Greg Sargent finds an interesting angle in the poll I blogged about this morning; Republicans are moving farther and farther from the mainstream on the issue of global warming.
"An Ipsos official confirms that this is the lowest percentage yet of Republicans who say it is happening," Sargent writes, "and that their skepticism is rising at a much more pronounced rate than among Dems or indys."
In addition, 66% of Indies and 72% of dems believe that warming has a human cause, but a minority of GOPers -- 42% -- believe the same thing. Keep in mind that this only applies to the 43% percent who believe warming is happening at all. Only people who said they believed warming was happening were asked about human cause. Break that down and that means only about 10% of Republicans believe in human-caused global warming (less, actually -- 9.7%).
They're getting farther out into Lala-land on nearly every issue every day.
I asked Ipsos to send over a partisan breakdown of the new Ipsos/McClatchy poll on global warming, and the results are fascinating:
The data show that Republicans are increasingly isolated in their denial of global warming: The largest percentage of GOPers yet in Ipsos’ polling says it isn’t happening, and the rise in their denial is far more pronounced than among Dems or independents.
The poll asked whether people believe that the world’s temperature “has been going up slowly over the past 100 years.”
A surprisingly large percentage of Republicans, 43%, say it isn’t happening, versus only 23% of independents and 16% of Dems. Meawhile, only 57% of Republicans say it’s happening, versus 68% of independents and 82% of Dems.
"An Ipsos official confirms that this is the lowest percentage yet of Republicans who say it is happening," Sargent writes, "and that their skepticism is rising at a much more pronounced rate than among Dems or indys."
In addition, 66% of Indies and 72% of dems believe that warming has a human cause, but a minority of GOPers -- 42% -- believe the same thing. Keep in mind that this only applies to the 43% percent who believe warming is happening at all. Only people who said they believed warming was happening were asked about human cause. Break that down and that means only about 10% of Republicans believe in human-caused global warming (less, actually -- 9.7%).
They're getting farther out into Lala-land on nearly every issue every day.
