Massive support for climate change education in a new survey

Climate Change in the American Mind report cover.

"Three in four registered voters (75%) agree that schools should teach children about the causes and consequences of global warming, and potential solutions," according to "Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Fall 2023" (PDF), a new report from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University for Climate Change Communication.

"This includes nearly all liberal and moderate/conservative Democrats (97% and 96% respectively), a large majority of liberal/moderate Republicans (73%), and about one in three conservative Republicans (37%)," the report added.

The result is based on a nationally representative survey of 1033 American adults, of whom 906 were registered voters. The survey was conducted October 20-26, 2023, in a web-based environment; the sample was drawn from a nationally representative panel and weighted to match US Census Bureau demographic norms. The margin of error at the 95% confidence level for the whole sample of 906 registered voters is +/- 3 percentage points.

Glenn Branch
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Glenn Branch is Deputy Director of NCSE.

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