Climate Change Skepticism and Voting Behavior
@article{McCrea2016ClimateCS, title={Climate Change Skepticism and Voting Behavior}, author={Rod McCrea and Zoe Leviston and Iain Walker}, journal={Environment and Behavior}, year={2016}, volume={48}, pages={1309 - 1334} }
Political will for action on climate change requires support from the electorate and low levels of climate change skepticism. Rational models suggest that skepticism influences voting behavior; however, other theories suggest the reverse direction of influence may also hold. There is a body of research on associations between climate change skepticism and political preferences, but this has been limited to cross-sectional analyses. This article uses longitudinal data and cross-lagged modeling…
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