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Mayank Kejriwal, Research Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California

5 lessons from 20 years of climate surveys: Political party matters, but it doesn’t explain everything

Voters of all ages come to climate policies with different views, and those views are not always tied to party affiliation. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Why would a young Republican back solar power but reject a carbon tax? Why would two Democrats agree that climate change is real but split over a policy that would charge households more if they exceeded a monthly limit on energy use?

Those patterns may go against the partisan rhetoric of our times, but they reflect the reality that Americans do not sort neatly into simple camps on climate change.

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