On climate change, public opinion varies by party | PennLive.com

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The divide of public opinion on climate change is seen starkly along party lines around the country and in Pennsylvania, public opinion polls show.

According to a poll by the Pew Research Center, a vast majority of Democrats (87 percent) thinks there is solid evidence of global warming. Among Republicans, those doubting evidence of global warming (50 percent) outnumber those who see evidence of climate change (44 percent).

While there has been a gap for years in Democratic and Republican perspectives, the divide is widening.

Republicans have been increasingly skeptical about the link between human activity and climate change. A decade ago, 62 percent of Republicans agreed that human activity contributed to global warming, compared to 39 percent of Republicans today, according to Pew surveys.