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Sample Sizes and Margins of error

All samples are subject to some degree of sampling error—that is, statistical results obtained from a sample can be expected to differ somewhat from results that would be obtained if every member of the target population was interviewed. Average margins of error, at the 95% confidence level, are as follows:

• Total Republicans = 2,624, +/- 2 percentage points
• Catholic Republicans = 620, +/- 4 percentage points
• Non-Catholic Republicans = 2,004, +/- 2 percentage points
• Conservative Republicans = 1,807, +/- 2 percentage points
• Catholic conservative Republicans = 392, +/- 5 percentage points
• Non-Catholic conservative Republicans = 1,415, +/- 3 percentage points

And, no Gamecock, I don't blame you for the faults of the article...but geez...

“More junk statistics”

This might be an effort to lead opinion with false polls, rather than reflect real opinion.

They might just be working to exploit the Pope’s Climate Change encyclical for as big of a wedge as they can.

I notice from your graphic that George Mason University, in the swing state of Virginia, also happens to have a “Center for Climate Change Communications”, in addition to Princeton.

Is there some Federal or George Soros effort to establish and fund such centers?

Who is paying for this political research on how to best push the Leftist Agenda?

Well, it seems like a good bit comes from the Public Treasury.

The George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication opens it’s Home Page with the declaration: “Climate change is the result of human actions and choices.” Their mission is just to help convince people of that.

They list their funding sources:

Our sincere thanks to the following sponsors for providing major funding:

NASA
National Science Foundation
National Park Service
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
Town Creek Foundation
Energy Foundation
Rockefeller Family Fund
Linden Trust for Conservation
George Mason University
Linden Trust for Conservation
National Association of County & City Health Officials
Brodeur Partners
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Brownstein Family Foundation
The HELTS Foundation
George Mason University
Prism Public Affairs
The Bergstrom Family (South Carolina)
The Censer Family (Virginia)
Ellen Freudenheim and Daniel P. Wiener (New York)
The Kreps Family (Maryland)
The Maibach Family (Maryland)
Roselyne C. Swig (California)
The Weiss Family (Louisiana & Virginia)
The Hussey Family (Louisiana)
NexGen Energy Partners
The Badt Family (Louisiana)