In their October press release, the PEW organization provided narrative to explain how the data breaks down as far as political party. The public is "divided" when it comes to the question of whether scientists themselves agree that human activity is the cause of global warming. Forty-four percent say scientists agree and 44% say scientists do not agree on the data regarding global warming. That data is radically different from what PEW learned in July, 2006, when 59% of those polled said scientists agree on global warming and only 29% said scientists do not agree.

"A substantial majority of Democrats (79%) say there is solid evidence" that the average temperature on the planet has been rising recently, and 53% of Democrats believe the warming is caused by human activity, PEW continues. But among Republicans, just 38% agree with the statement that the earth is actually warming up and only 16% agree that it is warming because of human activity. About half of the Republicans surveyed (53%) say there "is no solid evidence of warming," PEW reports.

Would the results be different if the questions were worded differently? I do not believe so; these questions are succinct and well thought out.

Conclusion: One good question for this paper is, why have Americans in consistently fewer numbers accepted that global warming is a real problem? Notwithstanding the scientific data that has been presented through some media over the years, he PEW poll shows a dramatic decline in the number of Americans...

For example, during the snowstorms of 2010, Limbaugh told his listeners that given the snow and cold, it is "absurd" for President Obama to establish an agency to study global warming (Media Matters). Ignoring the fact that "weather" is entirely distinct from "climate," FOX News co-host Steve Doocy said, "How can there be global warming if it's snowing and it's fairly cold?" (Media Matters). The truth is, polls or no polls, the science cannot be ignored. The IPCC has verified through countless empirical studies that in fact there is climate change underway and the public should take steps to reduce carbon emissions.
Works Cited

Media Matters. (2010). Brain Freeze: Conservative media still using winter weather to attack global warming. Retrieved January 14, 2011, from http://mediamatters.org.

Pachauri, Rajendra. (2010). Statement of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change at the opening of the UNFCCC meeting, 29 November, 2010, Cancun, Mexico. Retrieved January, 2011, from http://www.ipcc.ch.

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. (2010). Little Change in Opinions about Global

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