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Warming Contributing to Hurricane Severity? | ||||
| Yes | No | |||
| 18-34 | 47% | 49% | ||
| 35+ | 35 | 57 | ||
| Democrats | 46 | 46 | ||
| Independents | 42 | 53 | ||
| Republicans | 24 | 70 | ||
| Warming is Under Way | 58 | 36 | ||
| Not Underway | 14 | 80 | ||
The number of adults who call global warming an urgent problem that needs immediate government action is about the same now as in June (41 percent versus 38 percent). Fewer call it a longer-term problem that needs more study -- 47 percent, compared with 58 percent in June; that's partly because more in this survey express no opinion.
This ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by telephone Sept. 23-27, 2005, among a random national sample of 1,019 adults. The results have a three-point error margin. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by ICR-International Communications Research of Media, Pa.