and, damnit, it is CLIMATE CHANGE not global warming that's primary, it pisses me off that ABC News and beyond continue to use metaphoric representations so susceptible to the ecological fallacy (how's that for an ironically appropriate term?)
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> Conservatives, Republicans Move Away
> From Belief that the Earth is Warming
>
> The number of Americans who believe global warming is occurring has
> declined to its lowest since 1997, though at 72 percent it’s still a broad
> majority. The drop has steepened in the last year and a half – almost
> exclusively among conservatives and Republicans.
>
> This ABC News/Washington Post poll also finds that support for government
> action to address the issue, while still a majority, likewise is down from
> its levels in summer 2008.
>
> See the new ABC News/Washington Post poll here:
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Politics/global-warming-abc-news-washington-post-poll/story?id=9164306
>
>
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