"China's action in recent years on climate has been far more ambitious than the United States," said Ash. "However, China obviously must do much more given their economy remains the number one current climate polluter, and the government should feel they have a mandate from a population which is relatively much more supportive of acting on climate".
The poll also casts doubt on many scientists' belief that people would be more supportive of scientists' views on controversial issues if they just knew more about the topic.
A statistical analysis using data from thirty-one countries confirms this: parties on the economic right are more supportive of decentralization than parties on the economic left, while culturally liberal parties favour decentralization more than culturally conservative parties.
Many were more supportive of messages based on fear than opportunity.
They are not, however, more supportive of government spending on services in general, probably because it is hard to tell what target groups would benefit from this spending.
In a study of dieting, for instance, experimenters can't be more supportive of the participants on the diet they believe in if they don't know which particular diet a participant is on.
If they know what is going on, they will be more supportive of your decision to join the Army.
The disrespect that the Republican frontrunner for the presidential nomination has consistently shown towards veterans and service members is unprecedented, especially for a member of the party that, at least nominally, prides itself on being more supportive of the troops.
They care about the environment, but are also keen on commerce: more supportive of the privatisation of utilities, more likely to reject government attempts to ban branding on cigarette packets and more likely to agree that Tesco, Britain's supermarket giant, "has only become so large by offering customers what they want".Why the shift?
