Full Title: As Americans Experienced the Warmest May on Record Their Acceptance of Global Warming Reaches a New High
Author(s): Christopher Borick, Barry G. Rabe, Natalie B. Fitzpatrick, and Sarah B. Mills
Publisher(s): National Surveys on Energy and Environment, University of Michigan
Publication Date: July 1, 2018
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1. More Americans think that there is solid evidence of global warming than at anytime since 2008 with 73%
maintaining this view in the latest version of the NSEE conducted in late April and May of 2018.
2. A record 60% of Americans now think that global warming is happening and that humans are at least partially
responsible for the rising temperatures.
3. While half of Republicans think that there is solid evidence of global warming, the divide between the 90% of
Democrats that hold this view and the 50% of Republicans that maintain this position is as large as anytime since
2008.
4. The divide between Democrats and Republicans on the existence of anthropogenic induced global warming is
also at record levels with 78% of Democrats now holding the view that humans are at least partially responsible for
warming on the planet compared to only 35% of Republicans.