Survey results from researchers at Yale and George Mason point
to some subtle shifts in public attitudes and offer hints on how
nation’s unusual weather events may be influencing public
opinions. A July update to the widely recognized “Global
Warming’s Six Americas” study shows public opinion remaining
“relatively stable” over the past three months, but with those
most inclined to disregard the issue, “the disengaged,”
shrinking from 10 to 6 percent of the study group, and with
those rather concerned about it, “the cautious,” increasing from
24 to 29 percent. The survey results also provide some insights
into how public attitudes on climate change might apply to the
major party presidential candidates. And they include
preliminary insights on how the nation’s recent spate of unusual
spring and early summer weather events may influence public
attitudes on climate change. The “Six Americas” survey work is
done, and regularly updated, by researchers at Yale University’s
Project on Climate Change Communication, d