'Green' Positions on Climate Change Can Help All Candidates, Survey Finds

Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 13:00 in Mathematics & Economics

Against all political intuition, Republican candidates could win votes by taking "green" positions on the controversy over climate change, according to new poll results released Tuesday.Voters tend to favor political candidates who believe that humans have contributed to global warming and that the nation should take action by switching from fossil fuels to solar and wind power, according to Stanford University's national survey. [More]

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