About two-thirds of Americans say they are worried climate change. Nearly 8 in 10 Americans support funding renewable energy research, and 3 in 4 support regulating carbon emissions. More than 60% believe Congress should do more to address climate change, according to data from Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
Even in Jack County, Texas, where Donald Trump hosted 90% of the vote by 2020, 58% support regulation of carbon dioxide emissions. That’s the lowest of any U.S. county.
Yet climate change is still profound polarizing issue within Congress and on campaign track.
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which The White House called “the most significant climate action in US history,” provided nearly $400 billion for climate solutions. It passed Congress strictly along party lines, with no Republicans voting for it.
In 2023, Democrats voted for pro-environment legislation more than 90% of the time, while Republicans voted for pro-environment legislation less than 5% of the time, according to the poll data collected by the League of Conservation Voters.
“We’re seeing pretty much across the board, at all levels of government, that government officials are dramatically underestimating the level of support from their own constituents,” Tony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, told CBS News.
Answer the questions below — which are a selection of the same questions asked by the Yale program’s survey to create their Maps for climate opinion — to see how your beliefs about climate change compare to others in your area and country.