When the La Follette poll asked Wisconsinites about climate change solutions, it found broad bipartisan support. While the number of Republicans who think that is far smaller - 27 percent think Wisconsin needs to do more to address the issue - the La Follette poll results show that at least some in the party are seeing climate change as a problem.Īccording to the poll, 49 percent of Republican respondents said climate change was "quite a problem" or an "extremely big problem" in the nation, while 35 percent of Republicans said it was an issue in Wisconsin.Īgain, that number is much higher among Democrats 97 percent of them said it was "quite a problem" or an "extremely big problem" in the country and 91 percent said it was an issue in Wisconsin.
A majority of Wisconsinites see climate change as a pressing issueĪ majority of Wisconsinites think more needs to be done to combat it, with 63 percent of La Follette poll respondents saying state government needs to do more. The La Follette poll said 51 percent of voters ages 18 to 29 said climate change was "an extremely big problem" at the national level, more than any other age group. "The baby boomer generation will be gone by the time the planet sees the consequences of their failures, then we're stuck to live with it," Becker said. He believes his age influences the urgency with which he views climate change. In a follow-up interview, Becker said actions taken now will be less costly than putting off a collective response. Originally from Amery, Becker is 25 years old and plans to vote this fall. The central question we're asking residents to consider: What do you want the candidates to be talking about as they compete for your vote? The project is a collaboration among Wisconsin Public Radio and USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin's Ideas Lab along with the LaFollette School.Īlex Becker, a UW-Madison law student, responded to the survey and chose climate change as the issue that concerns him the most. The Wisconsin Main Street Agenda project aims to learn more about what is on the minds of the state's residents heading into the midterm elections. It also wasn't clear how it ranks compared to issues that have dominated the conversation in 2022 such as inflation, gasoline prices or the effects of the Supreme Court's decision to repeal the right to abortions.Ĭlimate change is among a myriad concerns that are emerging in an unscientific survey Wisconsin Public Radio and the USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin are conducting of Wisconsin residents. "Traditionally, this issue has been viewed through the partisan lens, but the poll suggests there's a fair number of Republicans that think climate change is a really big problem," Yackee said.īut while a significant number of Republican respondents said climate change was an important issue and that they would support solutions to combat it, the issue isn't being addressed very much by Republican candidates in the two marquee races. While Democratic respondents were more likely to see climate change as a serious problem, some Republicans were concerned with climate change as well, said Susan Webb Yackee, a professor of public affairs and director of the La Follette School. Senate and governor.Ī survey conducted late last year by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's La Follette School of Public Affairs found that 59 percent of state residents ranked climate change as "quite a problem" or "an extremely big problem" in the nation. A majority of Wisconsinites think climate change is a serious problem and support solutions such as taxing industries for pollution and increasing renewable energy sources to combat it.īut while the issue is gaining some bipartisan support among Wisconsin residents, bipartisanship is harder to see in the political dialogue emerging from the two major races in the state - for U.S.
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