Get Climate Opinion Factsheets for States, Counties, or Congressional Districts Español

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
Abraham Lincoln
Americans' opinions about climate change vary widely depending on where people live. So why would we rely on just one national number to understand public responses to climate change at the state and local levels? This Factsheets tool, based on the Yale Climate Opinion Maps, provides information about Americans' beliefs, risk perceptions, and policy preferences about climate change for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, 435 congressional districts, and 3,144 counties across the U.S. The tool allows you to customize which survey questions are shown on your Factsheet. The opinion estimates are based on a statistical model (see Howe et al. 2015 for details) that uses a large individual-level survey dataset (n > 34,000), plus geographic, demographic, economic, and other data to provide results accurate to within about 9 percentage points at any geographic level. We hope you find the data and tool useful, and welcome your feedback to help us improve future versions.

Note: The Congressional District Map reflects the 119th Congress (2025-2027).

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       Beliefs
Global warming is happening
Global warming is caused mostly by human activities
Most scientists think global warming is happening
Global warming is affecting the weather
Global warming is affecting extreme heat
Global warming is affecting wildfires
Global warming is affecting droughts
Global warming is affecting rising sea levels
Global warming is affecting flooding
Global warming is affecting hurricanes
Has personally experienced the effects of global warming
       Risk Perceptions
Worried about global warming
Global warming is already harming people in the US
Global warming will harm plants and animals
Global warming will harm future generations
Global warming will harm people in developing countries
Global warming will harm people in the US
Global warming will harm me personally
       Policy Support
U.S. economy transition from fossil fuels to 100% clean energy by 2050
Fund research into renewable energy sources
Generate renewable energy on public land in the US
Build solar farms in your local area
Build wind farms in your local area
Provide tax rebates for energy-efficient vehicles or solar panels
Regulate CO2 as a pollutant
Require fossil fuel companies to pay a carbon tax
Oppose drilling and mining for fossil fuels on public land
Drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Expand offshore drilling for oil and natural gas off the U.S. coast
Schools should teach about global warming
       Behaviors
      Prefer to vote for a candidate for public office who supports action on global warming
      Discuss global warming with family and friends
      Hear about global warming in the media at least once a week
       Who should do more about global warming?
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