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 Stories About: climate AND climate change skepticism AND messaging AND politics
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Different worlds
Well-informed Republicans are not concerned about climate change |
David Roberts |
27 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A new analysis of survey data finds: The more Democrats think they know about global warming, the more concerned they are. But Republicans who consider themselves well informed on the topic seem no more worried than those who profess ignorance, a study suggests. What's going on? Here's my one-sentence diagnosis: Democrats are more likely to be moral relativists and epistemological realists; Republicans are more likely to be the opposite. The base of the right is u ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, messaging, politics (all these topics) |
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