Poll: Americans Say Global Warming Is Exaggerated
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Chart Credit: Gallup |
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Even as most Americans report experiencing abnormal
weather conditions lately, more than four in 10 say the seriousness of
global warming is generally exaggerated in the news, according to a recent Gallup poll. These sentiments
are lower than the record 48% who believed this four years ago, but
higher than any year before Barack Obama became president.
Though the largest share of Americans specifically describe reports on
the seriousness of global warming as exaggerated, a slim majority
collectively see these reports as generally correct (23%) or generally
underestimated (33%). On this basis, most Americans seem to accept that
global warming is at least as serious a problem as news reports say it
is. Viewed still another way, fully three-quarters of the country
believe that reports about global warming are mistaken -- for better or
worse.
SOURCE: Gallup