This statistic represents the opinion of U.S. voters on whether they believed schools should teach children about causes, consequences, and potential solutions to global warming as of April 2019, broken down by political view. During the survey, some 51 percent of conservative Republican respondents agreed that schools should teach children about climate change.
Opinion on schools teaching global warming issues to children among voters in the United States as of April 2019, by political belief*
* Original question: "How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement…? Schools should teach our children the causes, consequences, and potential solutions to global warming." Figures include share of respondents that stated that they "strongly" or "somewhat" agree.
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, & George Mason University. (April 25, 2019). Opinion on schools teaching global warming issues to children among voters in the United States as of April 2019, by political belief* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008147/opinion-on-schools-teaching-about-global-warming-issues-voters/
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, und George Mason University. "Opinion on schools teaching global warming issues to children among voters in the United States as of April 2019, by political belief*." Chart. April 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008147/opinion-on-schools-teaching-about-global-warming-issues-voters/
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, George Mason University. (2019). Opinion on schools teaching global warming issues to children among voters in the United States as of April 2019, by political belief*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008147/opinion-on-schools-teaching-about-global-warming-issues-voters/
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, and George Mason University. "Opinion on Schools Teaching Global Warming Issues to Children among Voters in The United States as of April 2019, by Political Belief*." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008147/opinion-on-schools-teaching-about-global-warming-issues-voters/
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication & George Mason University, Opinion on schools teaching global warming issues to children among voters in the United States as of April 2019, by political belief* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008147/opinion-on-schools-teaching-about-global-warming-issues-voters/ (last visited July 23, 2024)
Opinion on schools teaching global warming issues to children among voters in the United States as of April 2019, by political belief* [Graph], Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, & George Mason University, April 25, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1008147/opinion-on-schools-teaching-about-global-warming-issues-voters/
