But over the past few years, pollsters have found evidence that voters are increasingly fired up about the subject. A recent study from researchers at Stanford University, Resources for the Future and ReconMR found that the “issue public” for climate change — those who feel that the issue is extremely important to them personally — had reached an all-time high of 25 percent this year.
“That’s a big deal, because these are the people who write letters to lawmakers, donate to lobbying groups or vote based on the issue,” said Jon Krosnick, a professor of communication, political science and psychology at Stanford who has been conducting climate change polling for more than two decades. “That rise has come in the last few years, and I’ve never seen that magnitude of change on any issue,” he said.
