On environment, Republicans closer to Independents than Tea Party, study says
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 17:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Environmentalists dispirited by the Republicans' dominance of the recent midterm elections can take heart: non-Tea Party Republicans' views on science and environmental issues are closer to those of Independents than to Tea Party supporters. That's the primary finding of new research by University of New Hampshire sociologists, published this week in the journal Environmental Politics.