Posted on 11/13/2015 7:16:54 AM PST by jacknhoo
Global warming advocates are calling for the prosecution of groups who disagree with them, and New York State has taken it a step further by investigating Exxon Mobil for refusing to play ball with the popular scientific theory.
But 68% of Likely U.S. Voters oppose the government investigating and prosecuting scientists and others including major corporations who question global warming. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 17% favor such prosecutions. Fifteen percent (15%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Just over one-in-four Democrats (27%), however, favor prosecuting those who don’t agree with global warming. Only 11% of Republicans and 12% of voters not affiliated with either major party agree.
After all, just 24% of all voters believe the scientific debate about global warming is over, although that’s up from 20% in July of last year. Unchanged is the 63% who say that debate is not done yet. Thirteen percent (13%) are not sure.
Among voters who believe scientists have made up their minds about global warming, one-in-four (24%) favor prosecuting those who question that theory, but 64% are opposed.
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on November 9-10, 2015 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Eighty-seven percent (87%) of voters describe their constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech as Very Important.
But only 20% of Americans think they have true freedom of speech today. Seventy-three percent (73%) think instead that Americans have to be careful not to say something politically incorrect to avoid getting in trouble.
Most voters across nearly all demographic categories agree that the scientific debate about global warming is not over.
Most also oppose prosecuting those who don’t agree that global warming is real, although voters under 40 are more supportive of prosecution than their elders are.
A voter’s level of education seems to make little difference generally speaking to his or her responses to these questions.
Among voters who Strongly Approve of the job President Obama is doing, 29% favor prosecuting those who disagree with global warming. Eighty-one percent (81%) of those who Strongly Disapprove of the president’s job performance oppose such prosecutions.
The number of voters who consider global warming a serious problem has ranged from 53% to 66% in regular surveys for the past six years.
But 41% say they are willing to pay nothing more in higher taxes and utility costs annually to generate cleaner energy and fight global warming. Another 24% are willing to spend only $100 more per year.
Fifty-six percent (56%) of voters believe the president's new plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal-burning power plants will increase energy costs in the United States, and only 33% think it will do a lot to fight global warming.
Citing global warming concerns, the president last week rejected the building of the Keystone XL pipeline from western Canada to Texas despite bipartisan congressional support for the project. Most voters have supported building the Keystone pipeline in surveys since 2011, saying it would be good for the economy.
When given a choice, 63% say creating jobs is more important than taking steps to try to stop global warming, consistent with regular surveying for over two years now.
“Just over one-in-four Democrats (27%), however, favor prosecuting those who don’t agree with global warming. Only 11% of Republicans and 12% of voters not affiliated with either major party agree.”
Wow, even Republicans...gotta be the RINO lovers. At least now we know they only comprise 11% of the party, eh!?
The left would love to have a totalitarian dictatorship and to do away with the Constitution and just murder anyone who got in the way of their progressive utopia.
Those 11% are people that are so stupid they identified as Republican, not understanding the difference between the political parties. That is how freakin stupid people are these days. They just picked one so the pollster wouldn’t think they were a moron.
So what? There is little support for open borders and amnesty, but they push for it anyway!
Its scary that the numbers aren't 0% for all three groups. Between 10% and 27% of Americans believe in prosecuting someone for speech. That is disturbing.
I'm waiting for some leftist to decide to "punish" THIS "Global Warming Foe". A comprehensive lesson on PUNISHMENT is awaiting them and I have a LOT of pent-up hate for leftists.
progressive utopia.
And the progressive maniacs (yes they are truly crazy)can’t understand that their is no utopia and never will be. These people are truly demented. People have tried their Utopias before i.e. socialism, marxism etc and they have NEVER worked! Why can’t people understand that is mind boggling.
They believe they can achieve their utopia if the “right people” are in charge and everyone who gets in their way is murdered.
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko lives!
You got that right.
Only 11% of Republicans
HUH?
Who the hell are they?
I guess progress isn’t so progressive after all.
if the “right people†are in charge and everyone who gets in their way is murdered.
The first part of the sentence is impossible and the second part is not. No matter if the “right people and in charge”, soon there will be coups and wars and the mess starts all over again. I don’t think man have ever governed himself properly - it’s not in his DNA. IMHO
I wish I had the money to sponsor a politically incorrect film version of Galilao’s story. With actors made up to look like prominent political figures of today. AlBore would make a great pope.
Did you know that during the same time period, Copernicus' research into the then-theory or heliocentricity was being funded by a bishop, and that Copernicus dedicated his book, On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres, to Pope Urban, who Copernicus believed would defend him from the Protestant Revolutionaries, who opposed his research?
There's a lot more to the Galileo affair than most people realize, and the history that we're familiar with was written by Rationalists and Protestants.
Interesting how “liberals” always want to shut down debate, stifle free speech, prosecute people who disagree with them, shout down those who disagree with them, and force everyone to think just like they do or suffer the consequences.
They are going to have to give me the chair then.
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