How serious a threat does climate change pose to the United States? (August 2023)

How serious a threat does climate change pose to the United States? (August 2023)

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    Respondents were asked, "How serious of a threat does each of the following pose to the United States? Climate change."
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Extremely serious36%
Very serious17%
Somewhat Serious14%
Not very serious12%
Not serious18%
Don't know/No opinion3%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious of a threat does each of the following pose to the United States? Climate change." Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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CategoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Extremely serious59%33%14%
Very serious22%17%11%
Somewhat Serious11%12%17%
Not very serious4%12%20%
Not serious1%19%36%
Don't know/No opinion2%7%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious of a threat does each of the following pose to the United States? Climate change." Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Extremely serious66%46%64%
Very serious20%25%22%
Somewhat Serious6%19%8%
Not very serious8%6%2%
Not serious0%1%2%
Don't know/No opinion0%4%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious of a threat does each of the following pose to the United States? Climate change." Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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CategoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Extremely serious10%19%14%
Very serious10%18%8%
Somewhat Serious8%27%15%
Not very serious32%15%17%
Not serious41%18%43%
Don't know/No opinion0%2%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious of a threat does each of the following pose to the United States? Climate change." Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Extremely serious67%33%15%
Very serious19%26%10%
Somewhat Serious8%21%15%
Not very serious4%6%21%
Not serious1%7%37%
Don't know/No opinion2%7%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious of a threat does each of the following pose to the United States? Climate change." Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Extremely serious53%68%77%
Very serious23%18%16%
Somewhat Serious12%9%2%
Not very serious10%3%0%
Not serious0%2%2%
Don't know/No opinion2%0%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious of a threat does each of the following pose to the United States? Climate change." Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Extremely serious13%17%13%
Very serious16%12%5%
Somewhat Serious31%13%10%
Not very serious21%23%19%
Not serious18%34%50%
Don't know/No opinion2%1%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious of a threat does each of the following pose to the United States? Climate change." Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Extremely serious32%47%41%
Very serious13%24%19%
Somewhat Serious14%12%16%
Not very serious14%8%10%
Not serious25%4%10%
Don't know/No opinion2%5%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious of a threat does each of the following pose to the United States? Climate change." Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Extremely serious32%40%
Very serious16%18%
Somewhat Serious13%15%
Not very serious15%9%
Not serious22%14%
Don't know/No opinion2%4%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious of a threat does each of the following pose to the United States? Climate change." Community type is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Extremely serious41%37%26%
Very serious25%14%10%
Somewhat Serious13%14%15%
Not very serious7%13%16%
Not serious10%19%30%
Don't know/No opinion4%3%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious of a threat does each of the following pose to the United States? Climate change." Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Extremely serious30%40%37%36%
Very serious26%20%15%10%
Somewhat Serious23%15%13%8%
Not very serious10%8%13%15%
Not serious5%15%20%29%
Don't know/No opinion6%2%2%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious of a threat does each of the following pose to the United States? Climate change." Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Extremely serious20%37%34%37%33%48%
Very serious30%17%13%20%20%11%
Somewhat Serious28%14%17%7%16%11%
Not very serious4%10%17%11%11%11%
Not serious15%18%16%22%19%16%
Don't know/No opinion2%4%4%2%1%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious of a threat does each of the following pose to the United States? Climate change." Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Extremely serious29%31%45%60%
Very serious15%20%17%14%
Somewhat Serious14%19%12%8%
Not very serious13%12%13%7%
Not serious26%15%8%10%
Don't know/No opinion3%4%4%1%
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    Respondents were asked, "How serious of a threat does each of the following pose to the United States? Climate change." Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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CategoryThe Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God.Don't know.
Extremely serious25%31%63%29%
Very serious19%17%13%18%
Somewhat Serious19%13%8%22%
Not very serious12%13%8%15%
Not serious23%22%7%8%
Don't know/No opinion2%3%2%8%

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