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National Tracking Poll #200962 September 14-16, 2020 Crosstabulation Results Methodology: is poll was conducted between September 14-September 16, 2020 among a national sample of 2200 Adults. e interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of Adults based on gender, educational attainment, age, race, and region. Results from the full survey have a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

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  • National Tracking Poll #200962September 14-16, 2020

    Crosstabulation Results

    Methodology:This poll was conducted between September 14-September 16, 2020 among a national sample of2200 Adults. The interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to approximate atarget sample of Adults based on gender, educational attainment, age, race, and region. Results fromthe full survey have a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

  • Table Index

    1 Table MCER1: How concerned are you with the issue of climate change and the impact it ishaving on the U.S. economy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

    2 Table MCER2: How concerned are you with the issue of climate change and the impact it ishaving on the U.S. environment? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

    3 Table MCER3: How concerned are you about the impact of natural disasters (flooding, hur-ricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, other types of storms, etc.) on your community? . . . . . . . . 10

    4 Table MCER4_1: Generally, do you believe climate change is making natural disasters…More frequent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

    5 Table MCER4_2: Generally, do you believe climate change is making natural disasters…More powerful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

    6 Table MCER5: Which of the following is closest to your view even if none is exactly right? . 22

    7 Table MCER6: Have you considered moving now or in the future because of the impacts ofnatural disasters in your region? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

    8 Table MCER7: How much have you seen, read, or heard about the wildfires throughout theWest coast? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

    9 Table MCER8: And, in your opinion, how much did climate change contribute to recentnatural disasters, such as this year’s wildfires in the West? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

    10 Summary Statistics of Survey Respondent Demographics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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    Table MCER1

    Crosstabulation Results by Respondent Demographics

    Table MCER1: How concerned are you with the issue of climate change and the impact it is having on the U.S. economy?

    Demographic Very concernedSomewhatconcerned

    Not tooconcerned

    Not concernedat all

    Don’t Know /No Opinion Total N

    Adults 39% (848) 34% (738) 15% (334) 8% (170) 5% (110) 2200Gender: Male 37% (394) 35% (369) 15% (156) 10% (103) 4% (41) 1062Gender: Female 40% (454) 32% (369) 16% (178) 6% (67) 6% (69) 1138Age: 18-34 41% (267) 33% (213) 14% (92) 6% (39) 7% (43) 655Age: 35-44 44% (158) 29% (103) 15% (54) 5% (19) 7% (25) 358Age: 45-64 34% (259) 36% (271) 15% (111) 10% (76) 5% (34) 751Age: 65+ 38% (164) 35% (152) 18% (77) 8% (36) 2% (7) 436GenZers: 1997-2012 41% (112) 34% (93) 12% (33) 4% (10) 10% (27) 276Millennials: 1981-1996 41% (225) 30% (168) 16% (89) 7% (40) 6% (31) 553GenXers: 1965-1980 40% (240) 34% (205) 13% (78) 8% (50) 5% (33) 606Baby Boomers: 1946-1964 37% (244) 35% (234) 17% (114) 9% (59) 3% (17) 668PID: Dem (no lean) 58% (444) 29% (222) 8% (65) 3% (21) 2% (18) 771PID: Ind (no lean) 33% (234) 35% (252) 17% (125) 7% (49) 8% (60) 719PID: Rep (no lean) 24% (170) 37% (265) 20% (144) 14% (100) 4% (32) 710PID/Gender: DemMen 52% (172) 34% (111) 8% (26) 4% (15) 2% (7) 329PID/Gender: DemWomen 62% (273) 25% (111) 9% (39) 1% (7) 3% (11) 441PID/Gender: Ind Men 33% (121) 33% (122) 18% (65) 9% (34) 7% (27) 369PID/Gender: Ind Women 32% (113) 37% (130) 17% (60) 4% (14) 9% (33) 350PID/Gender: Rep Men 28% (101) 37% (136) 18% (65) 15% (54) 2% (7) 363PID/Gender: Rep Women 20% (68) 37% (128) 23% (79) 13% (47) 7% (25) 347Ideo: Liberal (1-3) 57% (354) 30% (185) 9% (54) 2% (13) 3% (19) 626Ideo: Moderate (4) 42% (252) 39% (232) 11% (69) 4% (27) 4% (23) 603Ideo: Conservative (5-7) 24% (169) 34% (242) 23% (165) 15% (107) 3% (20) 704Educ: < College 35% (528) 34% (512) 16% (246) 9% (129) 6% (97) 1512Educ: Bachelors degree 42% (188) 34% (150) 14% (64) 7% (29) 3% (12) 444Educ: Post-grad 54% (131) 31% (76) 10% (24) 5% (12) — (1) 244Income: Under 50k 38% (450) 33% (388) 15% (179) 8% (93) 7% (85) 1194Income: 50k-100k 36% (233) 36% (234) 16% (104) 8% (54) 4% (23) 649Income: 100k+ 46% (165) 32% (116) 14% (51) 7% (24) 1% (2) 358

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    Morning ConsultTable MCER1

    Table MCER1: How concerned are you with the issue of climate change and the impact it is having on the U.S. economy?

    Demographic Very concernedSomewhatconcerned

    Not tooconcerned

    Not concernedat all

    Don’t Know /No Opinion Total N

    Adults 39% (848) 34% (738) 15% (334) 8% (170) 5% (110) 2200Ethnicity: White 37% (640) 34% (578) 16% (276) 9% (154) 4% (73) 1722Ethnicity: Hispanic 42% (146) 31% (107) 15% (51) 5% (17) 8% (27) 349Ethnicity: Black 48% (132) 34% (93) 10% (27) 3% (7) 5% (15) 274Ethnicity: Other 37% (75) 33% (68) 15% (30) 4% (9) 11% (22) 204All Christian 36% (348) 35% (342) 17% (163) 9% (90) 3% (27) 971All Non-Christian 56% (68) 34% (41) 5% (6) 2% (2) 3% (4) 122Atheist 42% (46) 29% (31) 16% (17) 7% (8) 5% (6) 108Agnostic/Nothing in particular 41% (241) 31% (181) 16% (91) 7% (38) 5% (32) 583Something Else 35% (144) 34% (142) 13% (56) 8% (32) 10% (42) 416Religious Non-Protestant/Catholic 53% (83) 36% (56) 6% (9) 2% (4) 2% (4) 155Evangelical 32% (183) 33% (186) 17% (99) 12% (65) 5% (30) 563Non-Evangelical 37% (286) 36% (278) 15% (115) 7% (55) 5% (39) 772Community: Urban 49% (298) 32% (192) 8% (51) 6% (38) 4% (24) 603Community: Suburban 36% (367) 36% (368) 16% (163) 7% (75) 4% (42) 1014Community: Rural 31% (183) 31% (179) 21% (120) 10% (57) 8% (44) 583Employ: Private Sector 43% (290) 35% (238) 12% (83) 6% (44) 3% (19) 673Employ: Government 43% (54) 34% (42) 14% (18) 5% (6) 5% (6) 127Employ: Self-Employed 31% (49) 36% (58) 18% (28) 12% (19) 3% (5) 160Employ: Homemaker 33% (55) 30% (50) 18% (30) 6% (11) 13% (21) 168Employ: Retired 34% (161) 36% (168) 17% (77) 10% (45) 3% (16) 467Employ: Unemployed 40% (118) 27% (80) 18% (55) 7% (22) 8% (24) 299Employ: Other 39% (67) 27% (46) 17% (29) 9% (15) 7% (12) 169Military HH: Yes 36% (130) 33% (119) 19% (70) 10% (37) 2% (9) 365Military HH: No 39% (717) 34% (619) 14% (264) 7% (134) 6% (101) 1835RD/WT: Right Direction 25% (171) 35% (239) 21% (144) 13% (91) 5% (34) 679RD/WT: Wrong Track 44% (677) 33% (499) 12% (190) 5% (80) 5% (76) 1521Trump Job Approve 24% (213) 35% (317) 22% (196) 14% (128) 5% (42) 896Trump Job Disapprove 51% (608) 33% (396) 10% (122) 3% (35) 3% (40) 1202

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    Table MCER1

    Table MCER1: How concerned are you with the issue of climate change and the impact it is having on the U.S. economy?

    Demographic Very concernedSomewhatconcerned

    Not tooconcerned

    Not concernedat all

    Don’t Know /No Opinion Total N

    Adults 39% (848) 34% (738) 15% (334) 8% (170) 5% (110) 2200Trump Job Strongly Approve 25% (130) 28% (146) 22% (115) 20% (107) 4% (23) 521Trump Job Somewhat Approve 22% (82) 46% (171) 22% (81) 6% (22) 5% (19) 375Trump Job Somewhat Disapprove 32% (69) 50% (108) 11% (25) 4% (9) 3% (7) 217Trump Job Strongly Disapprove 55% (539) 29% (288) 10% (97) 3% (27) 3% (34) 985Favorable of Trump 24% (215) 36% (324) 22% (195) 14% (131) 5% (42) 908Unfavorable of Trump 51% (613) 32% (386) 10% (121) 3% (34) 4% (44) 1197Very Favorable of Trump 26% (145) 29% (158) 22% (123) 19% (106) 4% (24) 555Somewhat Favorable of Trump 20% (71) 47% (166) 21% (73) 7% (25) 5% (18) 353Somewhat Unfavorable of Trump 34% (62) 40% (73) 20% (37) 4% (8) 2% (4) 183Very Unfavorable of Trump 54% (551) 31% (313) 8% (83) 3% (26) 4% (40) 1014#1 Issue: Economy 37% (276) 35% (259) 15% (112) 9% (67) 4% (27) 740#1 Issue: Security 20% (52) 33% (83) 24% (62) 19% (49) 4% (9) 254#1 Issue: Health Care 46% (168) 35% (127) 12% (44) 4% (14) 4% (15) 367#1 Issue: Medicare / Social Security 40% (121) 41% (126) 13% (39) 3% (10) 3% (9) 305#1 Issue: Women’s Issues 52% (52) 23% (22) 15% (15) 3% (3) 7% (7) 100#1 Issue: Education 41% (60) 32% (46) 18% (27) — (0) 9% (14) 147#1 Issue: Energy 51% (49) 34% (33) 9% (8) 3% (3) 3% (3) 96#1 Issue: Other 37% (71) 22% (43) 14% (27) 13% (25) 13% (26) 1912018 House Vote: Democrat 60% (455) 27% (204) 9% (64) 2% (18) 2% (13) 7542018 House Vote: Republican 23% (142) 38% (235) 22% (134) 15% (93) 3% (20) 6242018 House Vote: Someone else 40% (25) 28% (18) 22% (14) 7% (5) 3% (2) 642016 Vote: Hillary Clinton 60% (407) 30% (204) 7% (51) 1% (8) 2% (13) 6822016 Vote: Donald Trump 24% (166) 36% (246) 23% (159) 15% (101) 3% (19) 6912016 Vote: Other 38% (52) 32% (43) 15% (20) 9% (12) 5% (7) 1342016 Vote: Didn’t Vote 32% (223) 35% (245) 15% (104) 7% (49) 10% (71) 692Voted in 2014: Yes 41% (519) 32% (400) 16% (205) 8% (98) 3% (33) 1254Voted in 2014: No 35% (329) 36% (339) 14% (129) 8% (72) 8% (77) 9462012 Vote: Barack Obama 54% (440) 30% (246) 9% (77) 3% (25) 3% (26) 8142012 Vote: Mitt Romney 23% (114) 36% (179) 23% (114) 16% (77) 1% (7) 4912012 Vote: Other 18% (11) 24% (15) 40% (25) 14% (9) 3% (2) 622012 Vote: Didn’t Vote 34% (282) 36% (298) 14% (117) 7% (59) 9% (75) 832

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    Morning ConsultTable MCER1

    Table MCER1: How concerned are you with the issue of climate change and the impact it is having on the U.S. economy?

    Demographic Very concernedSomewhatconcerned

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    Don’t Know /No Opinion Total N

    Adults 39% (848) 34% (738) 15% (334) 8% (170) 5% (110) 22004-Region: Northeast 43% (169) 34% (133) 11% (41) 7% (29) 6% (22) 3944-Region: Midwest 34% (158) 36% (165) 18% (82) 7% (34) 5% (24) 4624-Region: South 36% (297) 35% (285) 15% (125) 9% (73) 5% (45) 8244-Region: West 43% (224) 30% (156) 16% (86) 7% (35) 4% (19) 520Note: Row proportions may total to larger than one-hundred percent due to rounding. For more information visit MorningConsultIntelligence.com.

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    Table MCER2

    Table MCER2: How concerned are you with the issue of climate change and the impact it is having on the U.S. environment?

    Demographic Very concernedSomewhatconcerned

    Not tooconcerned

    Not concernedat all

    Don’t Know /No Opinion Total N

    Adults 48% (1055) 27% (603) 13% (277) 8% (167) 4% (97) 2200Gender: Male 44% (471) 29% (312) 13% (136) 10% (101) 4% (42) 1062Gender: Female 51% (585) 26% (291) 12% (141) 6% (66) 5% (55) 1138Age: 18-34 60% (394) 22% (143) 7% (47) 5% (33) 6% (38) 655Age: 35-44 50% (180) 28% (102) 9% (32) 5% (19) 7% (26) 358Age: 45-64 39% (296) 31% (235) 15% (112) 11% (79) 4% (28) 751Age: 65+ 43% (186) 28% (123) 20% (86) 8% (37) 1% (5) 436GenZers: 1997-2012 62% (172) 23% (63) 4% (10) 2% (7) 8% (23) 276Millennials: 1981-1996 55% (305) 22% (123) 11% (59) 7% (38) 5% (29) 553GenXers: 1965-1980 43% (263) 30% (184) 12% (73) 9% (53) 5% (33) 606Baby Boomers: 1946-1964 43% (286) 29% (194) 17% (117) 9% (61) 2% (11) 668PID: Dem (no lean) 73% (559) 19% (149) 4% (33) 2% (14) 2% (17) 771PID: Ind (no lean) 45% (321) 29% (208) 13% (90) 7% (48) 7% (52) 719PID: Rep (no lean) 25% (175) 35% (246) 22% (155) 15% (106) 4% (27) 710PID/Gender: DemMen 67% (221) 23% (77) 5% (17) 3% (9) 2% (5) 329PID/Gender: DemWomen 77% (338) 16% (72) 3% (15) 1% (4) 3% (12) 441PID/Gender: Ind Men 41% (151) 29% (109) 14% (50) 8% (30) 8% (29) 369PID/Gender: Ind Women 49% (170) 28% (99) 11% (40) 5% (17) 7% (24) 350PID/Gender: Rep Men 27% (99) 35% (126) 19% (68) 17% (62) 2% (8) 363PID/Gender: Rep Women 22% (77) 35% (120) 25% (87) 13% (44) 6% (19) 347Ideo: Liberal (1-3) 77% (485) 18% (114) 2% (14) 1% (6) 1% (7) 626Ideo: Moderate (4) 53% (319) 29% (176) 10% (58) 5% (27) 4% (22) 603Ideo: Conservative (5-7) 22% (157) 33% (232) 24% (172) 17% (119) 3% (24) 704Educ: < College 45% (673) 29% (433) 13% (197) 8% (123) 6% (85) 1512Educ: Bachelors degree 52% (230) 25% (110) 14% (61) 7% (33) 2% (10) 444Educ: Post-grad 62% (152) 24% (59) 8% (19) 5% (11) 1% (2) 244Income: Under 50k 47% (566) 28% (334) 11% (136) 7% (82) 6% (76) 1194Income: 50k-100k 46% (296) 28% (184) 15% (96) 9% (59) 2% (15) 649Income: 100k+ 54% (194) 24% (85) 13% (46) 7% (26) 2% (6) 358Ethnicity: White 45% (781) 29% (492) 14% (247) 8% (146) 3% (57) 1722Ethnicity: Hispanic 59% (207) 20% (71) 11% (40) 2% (8) 7% (23) 349Ethnicity: Black 60% (165) 25% (69) 5% (14) 3% (8) 6% (18) 274

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    Table MCER2: How concerned are you with the issue of climate change and the impact it is having on the U.S. environment?

    Demographic Very concernedSomewhatconcerned

    Not tooconcerned

    Not concernedat all

    Don’t Know /No Opinion Total N

    Adults 48% (1055) 27% (603) 13% (277) 8% (167) 4% (97) 2200Ethnicity: Other 54% (110) 21% (42) 8% (16) 7% (13) 11% (22) 204All Christian 41% (401) 29% (285) 17% (168) 10% (94) 2% (24) 971All Non-Christian 62% (75) 29% (35) 4% (5) 3% (4) 2% (2) 122Atheist 71% (76) 15% (16) 10% (10) 3% (3) 2% (2) 108Agnostic/Nothing in particular 55% (319) 24% (139) 10% (58) 6% (35) 5% (31) 583Something Else 44% (184) 31% (128) 9% (36) 7% (30) 9% (37) 416Religious Non-Protestant/Catholic 56% (87) 29% (44) 8% (13) 5% (8) 2% (2) 155Evangelical 35% (196) 31% (177) 17% (96) 12% (70) 4% (25) 563Non-Evangelical 48% (369) 28% (220) 13% (99) 6% (48) 5% (36) 772Community: Urban 58% (347) 26% (158) 7% (44) 5% (28) 4% (26) 603Community: Suburban 47% (479) 27% (275) 15% (147) 8% (81) 3% (31) 1014Community: Rural 39% (229) 29% (170) 15% (86) 10% (58) 7% (40) 583Employ: Private Sector 52% (353) 28% (192) 11% (73) 7% (46) 1% (9) 673Employ: Government 48% (61) 29% (37) 12% (15) 7% (9) 3% (4) 127Employ: Self-Employed 44% (70) 22% (35) 17% (27) 15% (24) 2% (4) 160Employ: Homemaker 37% (63) 32% (53) 11% (19) 9% (15) 11% (18) 168Employ: Retired 39% (180) 31% (147) 18% (85) 9% (43) 3% (12) 467Employ: Unemployed 50% (148) 26% (78) 10% (29) 5% (15) 9% (28) 299Employ: Other 51% (86) 22% (36) 15% (25) 7% (12) 6% (10) 169Military HH: Yes 44% (160) 27% (97) 18% (66) 9% (32) 3% (10) 365Military HH: No 49% (895) 28% (506) 12% (212) 7% (135) 5% (86) 1835RD/WT: Right Direction 26% (178) 34% (229) 20% (137) 15% (104) 5% (31) 679RD/WT: Wrong Track 58% (877) 25% (374) 9% (141) 4% (63) 4% (66) 1521Trump Job Approve 23% (204) 35% (315) 23% (203) 15% (136) 4% (39) 896Trump Job Disapprove 68% (814) 22% (263) 5% (66) 2% (21) 3% (38) 1202Trump Job Strongly Approve 21% (107) 29% (153) 23% (122) 22% (117) 4% (22) 521Trump Job Somewhat Approve 26% (97) 43% (162) 21% (80) 5% (19) 5% (17) 375Trump Job Somewhat Disapprove 43% (94) 43% (92) 8% (18) 2% (3) 4% (9) 217Trump Job Strongly Disapprove 73% (719) 17% (171) 5% (48) 2% (18) 3% (28) 985Favorable of Trump 24% (219) 34% (310) 22% (200) 16% (142) 4% (37) 908Unfavorable of Trump 68% (812) 22% (268) 5% (60) 2% (18) 3% (38) 1197

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    Table MCER2

    Table MCER2: How concerned are you with the issue of climate change and the impact it is having on the U.S. environment?

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    Adults 48% (1055) 27% (603) 13% (277) 8% (167) 4% (97) 2200Very Favorable of Trump 22% (121) 30% (167) 23% (127) 21% (118) 4% (22) 555Somewhat Favorable of Trump 28% (98) 40% (143) 21% (74) 7% (23) 4% (15) 353Somewhat Unfavorable of Trump 40% (74) 41% (74) 14% (26) 2% (4) 3% (6) 183Very Unfavorable of Trump 73% (739) 19% (194) 3% (34) 1% (15) 3% (32) 1014#1 Issue: Economy 41% (302) 31% (232) 15% (108) 9% (68) 4% (29) 740#1 Issue: Security 24% (61) 28% (70) 21% (53) 22% (55) 6% (15) 254#1 Issue: Health Care 64% (236) 22% (81) 9% (32) 2% (8) 3% (10) 367#1 Issue: Medicare / Social Security 49% (148) 35% (108) 11% (33) 3% (8) 2% (7) 305#1 Issue: Women’s Issues 68% (68) 14% (14) 8% (8) 3% (3) 7% (7) 100#1 Issue: Education 52% (76) 31% (46) 11% (16) 1% (1) 5% (8) 147#1 Issue: Energy 75% (72) 13% (13) 6% (5) 3% (3) 3% (3) 96#1 Issue: Other 48% (91) 20% (38) 11% (22) 11% (22) 9% (18) 1912018 House Vote: Democrat 73% (551) 21% (158) 4% (29) 1% (8) 1% (9) 7542018 House Vote: Republican 24% (151) 33% (205) 23% (144) 18% (112) 2% (11) 6242018 House Vote: Someone else 44% (28) 25% (16) 22% (14) 5% (3) 4% (3) 642016 Vote: Hillary Clinton 74% (503) 21% (142) 2% (17) 1% (9) 2% (12) 6822016 Vote: Donald Trump 23% (162) 33% (231) 25% (170) 16% (114) 2% (14) 6912016 Vote: Other 51% (68) 27% (36) 13% (17) 7% (10) 2% (3) 1342016 Vote: Didn’t Vote 47% (322) 28% (194) 11% (73) 5% (35) 10% (68) 692Voted in 2014: Yes 48% (597) 27% (335) 15% (188) 9% (112) 2% (22) 1254Voted in 2014: No 48% (458) 28% (268) 9% (89) 6% (55) 8% (75) 9462012 Vote: Barack Obama 64% (518) 25% (205) 6% (50) 3% (22) 2% (19) 8142012 Vote: Mitt Romney 24% (119) 30% (146) 26% (127) 19% (91) 2% (7) 4912012 Vote: Other 25% (16) 21% (13) 34% (21) 16% (10) 3% (2) 622012 Vote: Didn’t Vote 48% (403) 29% (238) 10% (79) 5% (44) 8% (68) 8324-Region: Northeast 55% (216) 24% (96) 10% (41) 7% (26) 4% (16) 3944-Region: Midwest 44% (204) 30% (141) 14% (66) 7% (31) 4% (20) 4624-Region: South 43% (356) 30% (250) 13% (106) 9% (70) 5% (41) 8244-Region: West 54% (280) 22% (116) 12% (65) 8% (40) 4% (19) 520Note: Row proportions may total to larger than one-hundred percent due to rounding. For more information visit MorningConsultIntelligence.com.

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    Table MCER3: How concerned are you about the impact of natural disasters (flooding, hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, other types of storms, etc.)on your community?

    Demographic Very concernedSomewhatconcerned

    Not veryconcerned

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    Adults 41% (895) 33% (717) 16% (354) 7% (159) 3% (75) 2200Gender: Male 36% (380) 35% (368) 18% (192) 8% (88) 3% (34) 1062Gender: Female 45% (515) 31% (349) 14% (162) 6% (71) 4% (41) 1138Age: 18-34 49% (323) 27% (174) 12% (77) 5% (33) 7% (48) 655Age: 35-44 43% (154) 36% (128) 12% (42) 7% (26) 2% (9) 358Age: 45-64 35% (266) 35% (266) 19% (144) 8% (59) 2% (16) 751Age: 65+ 35% (151) 34% (149) 21% (92) 10% (42) 1% (3) 436GenZers: 1997-2012 51% (142) 25% (70) 9% (23) 5% (13) 10% (28) 276Millennials: 1981-1996 45% (247) 31% (170) 14% (77) 6% (34) 4% (25) 553GenXers: 1965-1980 41% (246) 35% (214) 15% (91) 8% (46) 1% (9) 606Baby Boomers: 1946-1964 36% (238) 33% (222) 21% (137) 9% (58) 2% (13) 668PID: Dem (no lean) 53% (411) 33% (252) 7% (55) 5% (39) 2% (14) 771PID: Ind (no lean) 38% (274) 30% (213) 18% (133) 7% (51) 7% (48) 719PID: Rep (no lean) 30% (210) 35% (252) 23% (166) 10% (69) 2% (13) 710PID/Gender: DemMen 48% (157) 38% (126) 8% (26) 5% (17) 1% (3) 329PID/Gender: DemWomen 57% (253) 29% (126) 6% (28) 5% (22) 3% (11) 441PID/Gender: Ind Men 31% (113) 31% (116) 22% (81) 8% (30) 8% (30) 369PID/Gender: Ind Women 46% (161) 28% (98) 15% (52) 6% (21) 5% (19) 350PID/Gender: Rep Men 30% (110) 35% (126) 23% (85) 11% (41) — (2) 363PID/Gender: Rep Women 29% (100) 36% (125) 23% (81) 8% (29) 3% (11) 347Ideo: Liberal (1-3) 57% (359) 29% (184) 8% (50) 4% (27) 1% (6) 626Ideo: Moderate (4) 41% (247) 36% (217) 14% (84) 5% (28) 4% (27) 603Ideo: Conservative (5-7) 26% (183) 35% (247) 26% (180) 12% (84) 1% (10) 704Educ: < College 39% (595) 32% (478) 16% (248) 8% (124) 4% (67) 1512Educ: Bachelors degree 39% (172) 37% (163) 17% (74) 6% (28) 1% (6) 444Educ: Post-grad 52% (128) 31% (76) 13% (31) 3% (7) 1% (2) 244Income: Under 50k 41% (495) 31% (364) 16% (187) 8% (91) 5% (57) 1194Income: 50k-100k 37% (238) 35% (230) 19% (120) 7% (48) 2% (12) 649Income: 100k+ 45% (162) 34% (123) 13% (46) 6% (21) 2% (6) 358Ethnicity: White 38% (663) 34% (589) 18% (309) 7% (127) 2% (34) 1722Ethnicity: Hispanic 50% (175) 28% (98) 11% (39) 4% (14) 7% (23) 349

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    Table MCER3: How concerned are you about the impact of natural disasters (flooding, hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, other types of storms, etc.)on your community?

    Demographic Very concernedSomewhatconcerned

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    Adults 41% (895) 33% (717) 16% (354) 7% (159) 3% (75) 2200Ethnicity: Black 53% (144) 27% (75) 4% (11) 7% (20) 9% (25) 274Ethnicity: Other 43% (88) 26% (53) 16% (34) 6% (13) 8% (17) 204All Christian 37% (355) 35% (338) 19% (187) 8% (75) 2% (16) 971All Non-Christian 53% (65) 36% (44) 8% (10) 2% (2) 1% (2) 122Atheist 42% (46) 30% (33) 18% (20) 5% (5) 4% (5) 108Agnostic/Nothing in particular 41% (241) 29% (170) 15% (89) 9% (54) 5% (29) 583Something Else 45% (189) 32% (132) 12% (48) 6% (23) 6% (23) 416Religious Non-Protestant/Catholic 49% (75) 35% (54) 14% (21) 2% (3) 1% (2) 155Evangelical 40% (223) 32% (177) 20% (110) 7% (37) 3% (16) 563Non-Evangelical 39% (302) 36% (274) 14% (111) 8% (61) 3% (24) 772Community: Urban 50% (300) 31% (186) 11% (65) 5% (32) 3% (19) 603Community: Suburban 37% (372) 35% (357) 17% (175) 7% (68) 4% (42) 1014Community: Rural 38% (222) 30% (173) 20% (114) 10% (59) 2% (14) 583Employ: Private Sector 44% (295) 36% (241) 13% (90) 5% (37) 2% (10) 673Employ: Government 40% (50) 36% (45) 16% (20) 5% (7) 3% (4) 127Employ: Self-Employed 32% (52) 33% (52) 18% (29) 14% (22) 3% (5) 160Employ: Homemaker 33% (55) 42% (70) 16% (27) 7% (13) 2% (3) 168Employ: Retired 34% (158) 34% (159) 21% (100) 8% (39) 2% (10) 467Employ: Unemployed 44% (133) 28% (83) 16% (47) 7% (21) 5% (15) 299Employ: Other 46% (78) 24% (41) 17% (29) 8% (13) 5% (8) 169Military HH: Yes 36% (133) 36% (130) 18% (65) 8% (28) 2% (8) 365Military HH: No 42% (762) 32% (587) 16% (288) 7% (131) 4% (67) 1835RD/WT: Right Direction 31% (213) 32% (220) 21% (140) 11% (74) 5% (31) 679RD/WT: Wrong Track 45% (682) 33% (497) 14% (214) 6% (85) 3% (44) 1521Trump Job Approve 30% (266) 33% (298) 24% (215) 11% (94) 3% (23) 896Trump Job Disapprove 49% (592) 33% (395) 11% (127) 5% (57) 3% (30) 1202Trump Job Strongly Approve 29% (150) 31% (160) 25% (132) 13% (70) 2% (8) 521Trump Job Somewhat Approve 31% (116) 37% (138) 22% (83) 6% (24) 4% (15) 375Trump Job Somewhat Disapprove 34% (75) 47% (102) 13% (28) 4% (10) 2% (4) 217Trump Job Strongly Disapprove 53% (517) 30% (293) 10% (99) 5% (48) 3% (27) 985

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    Demographic Very concernedSomewhatconcerned

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    Adults 41% (895) 33% (717) 16% (354) 7% (159) 3% (75) 2200Favorable of Trump 30% (275) 34% (307) 23% (205) 11% (103) 2% (18) 908Unfavorable of Trump 50% (601) 32% (386) 11% (128) 4% (50) 3% (33) 1197Very Favorable of Trump 30% (169) 30% (168) 24% (134) 13% (72) 2% (12) 555Somewhat Favorable of Trump 30% (105) 40% (140) 20% (71) 9% (30) 2% (6) 353Somewhat Unfavorable of Trump 37% (67) 39% (72) 17% (32) 2% (3) 5% (10) 183Very Unfavorable of Trump 53% (534) 31% (314) 9% (96) 5% (46) 2% (24) 1014#1 Issue: Economy 35% (258) 35% (260) 19% (138) 8% (63) 3% (21) 740#1 Issue: Security 30% (76) 34% (86) 24% (60) 10% (26) 2% (6) 254#1 Issue: Health Care 46% (170) 38% (139) 8% (28) 4% (16) 4% (14) 367#1 Issue: Medicare / Social Security 43% (130) 32% (97) 19% (57) 6% (19) — (1) 305#1 Issue: Women’s Issues 46% (46) 29% (29) 7% (7) 10% (10) 7% (7) 100#1 Issue: Education 54% (80) 20% (30) 16% (24) 5% (7) 5% (7) 147#1 Issue: Energy 61% (59) 24% (23) 9% (9) 2% (2) 3% (3) 96#1 Issue: Other 39% (75) 28% (53) 16% (31) 8% (16) 8% (16) 1912018 House Vote: Democrat 54% (408) 32% (240) 10% (72) 4% (27) 1% (7) 7542018 House Vote: Republican 27% (169) 34% (211) 26% (160) 12% (75) 1% (8) 6242018 House Vote: Someone else 45% (28) 27% (17) 20% (12) 7% (5) 2% (1) 642016 Vote: Hillary Clinton 54% (368) 32% (218) 9% (63) 4% (25) 1% (9) 6822016 Vote: Donald Trump 28% (194) 35% (238) 25% (171) 12% (81) 1% (6) 6912016 Vote: Other 38% (52) 33% (45) 15% (20) 9% (12) 5% (6) 1342016 Vote: Didn’t Vote 40% (280) 31% (216) 14% (100) 6% (42) 8% (54) 692Voted in 2014: Yes 40% (508) 33% (410) 17% (219) 8% (98) 1% (19) 1254Voted in 2014: No 41% (387) 32% (307) 14% (134) 6% (61) 6% (57) 9462012 Vote: Barack Obama 51% (415) 32% (261) 10% (78) 5% (43) 2% (17) 8142012 Vote: Mitt Romney 23% (111) 37% (181) 29% (140) 12% (58) — (1) 4912012 Vote: Other 18% (11) 33% (21) 32% (20) 15% (9) 2% (1) 622012 Vote: Didn’t Vote 43% (357) 31% (254) 14% (115) 6% (49) 7% (56) 832

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    Table MCER3: How concerned are you about the impact of natural disasters (flooding, hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, other types of storms, etc.)on your community?

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    Adults 41% (895) 33% (717) 16% (354) 7% (159) 3% (75) 22004-Region: Northeast 41% (162) 32% (124) 17% (67) 8% (31) 3% (10) 3944-Region: Midwest 33% (154) 36% (168) 16% (73) 13% (58) 2% (9) 4624-Region: South 42% (344) 34% (277) 16% (131) 4% (36) 4% (36) 8244-Region: West 45% (234) 28% (147) 16% (83) 7% (35) 4% (21) 520Note: Row proportions may total to larger than one-hundred percent due to rounding. For more information visit MorningConsultIntelligence.com.

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    Table MCER4_1: Generally, do you believe climate change is making natural disasters…More frequent

    Demographic Yes, it is No, it is notDon’t Know / No

    Opinion Total N

    Adults 63% (1383) 17% (381) 20% (436) 2200Gender: Male 61% (648) 20% (215) 19% (199) 1062Gender: Female 65% (735) 15% (166) 21% (237) 1138Age: 18-34 69% (455) 12% (78) 19% (122) 655Age: 35-44 70% (250) 14% (49) 16% (59) 358Age: 45-64 57% (426) 21% (160) 22% (165) 751Age: 65+ 58% (251) 22% (95) 21% (90) 436GenZers: 1997-2012 68% (187) 11% (30) 21% (59) 276Millennials: 1981-1996 71% (393) 13% (70) 16% (90) 553GenXers: 1965-1980 60% (367) 18% (109) 21% (130) 606Baby Boomers: 1946-1964 58% (387) 23% (153) 19% (127) 668PID: Dem (no lean) 85% (656) 5% (38) 10% (78) 771PID: Ind (no lean) 60% (430) 14% (102) 26% (188) 719PID: Rep (no lean) 42% (297) 34% (242) 24% (171) 710PID/Gender: DemMen 86% (282) 7% (23) 7% (24) 329PID/Gender: DemWomen 85% (373) 3% (15) 12% (53) 441PID/Gender: Ind Men 56% (205) 16% (57) 29% (106) 369PID/Gender: Ind Women 64% (224) 13% (44) 23% (81) 350PID/Gender: Rep Men 44% (160) 37% (135) 19% (68) 363PID/Gender: Rep Women 39% (137) 31% (107) 30% (103) 347Ideo: Liberal (1-3) 87% (544) 5% (29) 9% (54) 626Ideo: Moderate (4) 73% (440) 11% (68) 16% (95) 603Ideo: Conservative (5-7) 38% (268) 38% (266) 24% (171) 704Educ: < College 59% (890) 18% (266) 24% (356) 1512Educ: Bachelors degree 69% (305) 18% (81) 13% (58) 444Educ: Post-grad 77% (188) 14% (34) 9% (22) 244Income: Under 50k 60% (720) 15% (182) 24% (292) 1194Income: 50k-100k 63% (409) 20% (131) 17% (109) 649Income: 100k+ 71% (253) 19% (69) 10% (36) 358Ethnicity: White 61% (1047) 19% (328) 20% (346) 1722Ethnicity: Hispanic 74% (260) 6% (22) 19% (68) 349

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    Adults 63% (1383) 17% (381) 20% (436) 2200Ethnicity: Black 71% (195) 12% (33) 17% (46) 274Ethnicity: Other 69% (140) 10% (20) 22% (44) 204All Christian 58% (567) 23% (225) 18% (179) 971All Non-Christian 74% (90) 11% (14) 14% (17) 122Atheist 85% (92) 7% (7) 8% (9) 108Agnostic/Nothing in particular 68% (396) 10% (58) 22% (128) 583Something Else 57% (237) 19% (78) 25% (102) 416Religious Non-Protestant/Catholic 69% (107) 16% (26) 15% (23) 155Evangelical 51% (289) 26% (144) 23% (130) 563Non-Evangelical 63% (486) 19% (143) 19% (143) 772Community: Urban 73% (439) 11% (67) 16% (97) 603Community: Suburban 62% (628) 19% (191) 19% (194) 1014Community: Rural 54% (315) 21% (123) 25% (145) 583Employ: Private Sector 72% (487) 16% (106) 12% (80) 673Employ: Government 66% (84) 15% (18) 19% (24) 127Employ: Self-Employed 61% (98) 25% (40) 13% (22) 160Employ: Homemaker 53% (89) 19% (32) 28% (47) 168Employ: Retired 54% (252) 23% (108) 23% (106) 467Employ: Unemployed 62% (186) 12% (35) 26% (78) 299Employ: Other 54% (91) 15% (25) 31% (52) 169Military HH: Yes 58% (210) 23% (83) 20% (72) 365Military HH: No 64% (1173) 16% (298) 20% (364) 1835RD/WT: Right Direction 41% (281) 31% (214) 27% (184) 679RD/WT: Wrong Track 72% (1102) 11% (168) 17% (252) 1521Trump Job Approve 40% (356) 33% (297) 27% (243) 896Trump Job Disapprove 82% (984) 7% (81) 11% (137) 1202Trump Job Strongly Approve 32% (167) 41% (213) 27% (141) 521Trump Job Somewhat Approve 51% (189) 22% (84) 27% (101) 375Trump Job Somewhat Disapprove 70% (153) 11% (24) 18% (40) 217Trump Job Strongly Disapprove 84% (831) 6% (57) 10% (97) 985

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    Table MCER4_1: Generally, do you believe climate change is making natural disasters…More frequent

    Demographic Yes, it is No, it is notDon’t Know / No

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    Adults 63% (1383) 17% (381) 20% (436) 2200Favorable of Trump 40% (360) 34% (308) 26% (240) 908Unfavorable of Trump 82% (984) 6% (71) 12% (142) 1197Very Favorable of Trump 34% (187) 40% (224) 26% (145) 555Somewhat Favorable of Trump 49% (173) 24% (84) 27% (95) 353Somewhat Unfavorable of Trump 67% (122) 11% (20) 23% (42) 183Very Unfavorable of Trump 85% (862) 5% (51) 10% (100) 1014#1 Issue: Economy 60% (442) 21% (152) 20% (146) 740#1 Issue: Security 40% (100) 36% (92) 24% (62) 254#1 Issue: Health Care 77% (283) 8% (31) 15% (53) 367#1 Issue: Medicare / Social Security 64% (196) 12% (35) 24% (74) 305#1 Issue: Women’s Issues 74% (74) 10% (10) 16% (16) 100#1 Issue: Education 69% (102) 13% (19) 18% (27) 147#1 Issue: Energy 79% (76) 13% (13) 8% (8) 96#1 Issue: Other 58% (110) 16% (31) 26% (50) 1912018 House Vote: Democrat 86% (651) 6% (42) 8% (61) 7542018 House Vote: Republican 38% (239) 39% (242) 23% (142) 6242018 House Vote: Someone else 62% (39) 13% (9) 25% (16) 642016 Vote: Hillary Clinton 87% (595) 4% (29) 9% (59) 6822016 Vote: Donald Trump 40% (274) 37% (259) 23% (158) 6912016 Vote: Other 68% (91) 12% (17) 20% (27) 1342016 Vote: Didn’t Vote 61% (422) 11% (77) 28% (192) 692Voted in 2014: Yes 63% (785) 22% (270) 16% (199) 1254Voted in 2014: No 63% (597) 12% (111) 25% (237) 9462012 Vote: Barack Obama 80% (654) 8% (63) 12% (97) 8142012 Vote: Mitt Romney 39% (189) 38% (189) 23% (113) 4912012 Vote: Other 34% (21) 45% (28) 22% (14) 622012 Vote: Didn’t Vote 62% (517) 12% (102) 26% (213) 832

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    Adults 63% (1383) 17% (381) 20% (436) 22004-Region: Northeast 67% (262) 12% (49) 21% (83) 3944-Region: Midwest 60% (276) 19% (88) 21% (97) 4624-Region: South 58% (479) 20% (167) 22% (178) 8244-Region: West 70% (365) 15% (77) 15% (77) 520Note: Row proportions may total to larger than one-hundred percent due to rounding. For more information visit MorningConsultIntelligence.com.

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    Table MCER4_2: Generally, do you believe climate change is making natural disasters…More powerful

    Demographic Yes, it is No, it is notDon’t Know / No

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    Adults 62% (1374) 17% (376) 20% (451) 2200Gender: Male 60% (632) 20% (217) 20% (213) 1062Gender: Female 65% (742) 14% (159) 21% (238) 1138Age: 18-34 71% (463) 9% (62) 20% (130) 655Age: 35-44 68% (242) 14% (49) 19% (66) 358Age: 45-64 56% (420) 21% (161) 23% (170) 751Age: 65+ 57% (249) 24% (103) 19% (85) 436GenZers: 1997-2012 70% (194) 7% (20) 22% (62) 276Millennials: 1981-1996 70% (385) 12% (68) 18% (100) 553GenXers: 1965-1980 61% (368) 17% (104) 22% (134) 606Baby Boomers: 1946-1964 57% (382) 24% (162) 18% (123) 668PID: Dem (no lean) 84% (647) 5% (38) 11% (86) 771PID: Ind (no lean) 58% (419) 13% (95) 29% (205) 719PID: Rep (no lean) 43% (308) 34% (243) 22% (159) 710PID/Gender: DemMen 83% (273) 7% (24) 10% (32) 329PID/Gender: DemWomen 85% (373) 3% (14) 12% (54) 441PID/Gender: Ind Men 53% (195) 17% (61) 31% (113) 369PID/Gender: Ind Women 64% (224) 10% (33) 26% (92) 350PID/Gender: Rep Men 45% (164) 36% (132) 19% (68) 363PID/Gender: Rep Women 41% (144) 32% (111) 26% (92) 347Ideo: Liberal (1-3) 87% (542) 4% (27) 9% (57) 626Ideo: Moderate (4) 71% (426) 11% (67) 18% (109) 603Ideo: Conservative (5-7) 39% (276) 37% (264) 23% (165) 704Educ: < College 59% (891) 17% (260) 24% (361) 1512Educ: Bachelors degree 67% (298) 19% (85) 14% (61) 444Educ: Post-grad 76% (185) 12% (30) 12% (29) 244Income: Under 50k 60% (719) 15% (180) 25% (294) 1194Income: 50k-100k 63% (408) 20% (127) 18% (114) 649Income: 100k+ 69% (247) 19% (68) 12% (43) 358Ethnicity: White 61% (1044) 19% (335) 20% (343) 1722Ethnicity: Hispanic 70% (244) 7% (25) 23% (80) 349

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    Table MCER4_2: Generally, do you believe climate change is making natural disasters…More powerful

    Demographic Yes, it is No, it is notDon’t Know / No

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    Adults 62% (1374) 17% (376) 20% (451) 2200Ethnicity: Black 73% (200) 6% (18) 21% (57) 274Ethnicity: Other 64% (130) 11% (23) 25% (51) 204All Christian 58% (559) 23% (223) 19% (189) 971All Non-Christian 75% (91) 9% (11) 16% (20) 122Atheist 80% (86) 8% (8) 12% (13) 108Agnostic/Nothing in particular 68% (397) 11% (62) 21% (124) 583Something Else 58% (241) 17% (71) 25% (104) 416Religious Non-Protestant/Catholic 67% (104) 15% (23) 18% (28) 155Evangelical 52% (290) 26% (147) 22% (126) 563Non-Evangelical 62% (482) 17% (132) 20% (158) 772Community: Urban 72% (433) 11% (65) 17% (105) 603Community: Suburban 61% (616) 18% (185) 21% (212) 1014Community: Rural 56% (325) 22% (125) 23% (133) 583Employ: Private Sector 70% (473) 15% (102) 15% (98) 673Employ: Government 66% (84) 17% (22) 16% (21) 127Employ: Self-Employed 62% (100) 25% (40) 13% (21) 160Employ: Homemaker 55% (92) 17% (29) 28% (47) 168Employ: Retired 52% (243) 25% (119) 22% (105) 467Employ: Unemployed 64% (192) 9% (26) 27% (81) 299Employ: Other 53% (90) 17% (28) 30% (51) 169Military HH: Yes 58% (210) 23% (83) 20% (72) 365Military HH: No 63% (1164) 16% (293) 21% (379) 1835RD/WT: Right Direction 42% (283) 30% (204) 28% (191) 679RD/WT: Wrong Track 72% (1091) 11% (171) 17% (259) 1521Trump Job Approve 40% (361) 33% (299) 26% (235) 896Trump Job Disapprove 81% (968) 6% (71) 13% (162) 1202Trump Job Strongly Approve 33% (174) 40% (210) 26% (136) 521Trump Job Somewhat Approve 50% (187) 24% (89) 26% (99) 375Trump Job Somewhat Disapprove 70% (153) 9% (20) 20% (44) 217Trump Job Strongly Disapprove 83% (815) 5% (52) 12% (118) 985

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    Adults 62% (1374) 17% (376) 20% (451) 2200Favorable of Trump 40% (366) 34% (310) 26% (232) 908Unfavorable of Trump 81% (968) 5% (62) 14% (167) 1197Very Favorable of Trump 35% (193) 40% (221) 25% (142) 555Somewhat Favorable of Trump 49% (173) 25% (90) 26% (90) 353Somewhat Unfavorable of Trump 65% (118) 11% (19) 25% (46) 183Very Unfavorable of Trump 84% (850) 4% (42) 12% (122) 1014#1 Issue: Economy 60% (447) 20% (151) 19% (142) 740#1 Issue: Security 38% (95) 38% (96) 25% (63) 254#1 Issue: Health Care 76% (280) 7% (25) 17% (61) 367#1 Issue: Medicare / Social Security 64% (194) 15% (45) 21% (65) 305#1 Issue: Women’s Issues 75% (74) 8% (8) 18% (18) 100#1 Issue: Education 69% (101) 8% (12) 23% (34) 147#1 Issue: Energy 77% (74) 11% (11) 12% (12) 96#1 Issue: Other 56% (108) 14% (26) 30% (57) 1912018 House Vote: Democrat 86% (646) 5% (38) 9% (71) 7542018 House Vote: Republican 37% (233) 40% (248) 23% (143) 6242018 House Vote: Someone else 61% (39) 11% (7) 28% (18) 642016 Vote: Hillary Clinton 85% (578) 3% (22) 12% (82) 6822016 Vote: Donald Trump 40% (273) 39% (267) 22% (151) 6912016 Vote: Other 67% (90) 13% (17) 21% (28) 1342016 Vote: Didn’t Vote 63% (432) 10% (69) 28% (190) 692Voted in 2014: Yes 61% (770) 22% (270) 17% (213) 1254Voted in 2014: No 64% (603) 11% (105) 25% (237) 9462012 Vote: Barack Obama 79% (643) 7% (55) 14% (116) 8142012 Vote: Mitt Romney 37% (181) 41% (200) 22% (109) 4912012 Vote: Other 33% (21) 44% (27) 23% (14) 622012 Vote: Didn’t Vote 63% (528) 11% (93) 25% (212) 832

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    Climate change isaffecting the

    environment andthe weather,

    including where Ilive

    Climate change isaffecting the

    environment andthe weather, but not

    where I live

    Climate change isnot affecting theenvironment orthe weather

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    Adults 55% (1202) 19% (412) 11% (251) 15% (334) 2200Gender: Male 54% (577) 20% (213) 13% (137) 13% (135) 1062Gender: Female 55% (626) 18% (200) 10% (114) 17% (199) 1138Age: 18-34 55% (360) 24% (160) 7% (46) 14% (90) 655Age: 35-44 57% (203) 22% (78) 9% (31) 13% (47) 358Age: 45-64 53% (398) 15% (111) 14% (103) 19% (139) 751Age: 65+ 55% (242) 15% (64) 16% (72) 13% (58) 436GenZers: 1997-2012 48% (132) 34% (93) 4% (12) 14% (39) 276Millennials: 1981-1996 58% (320) 18% (100) 10% (53) 15% (81) 553GenXers: 1965-1980 55% (330) 17% (103) 11% (66) 17% (106) 606Baby Boomers: 1946-1964 56% (373) 15% (102) 15% (103) 13% (89) 668PID: Dem (no lean) 72% (553) 17% (134) 3% (24) 8% (60) 771PID: Ind (no lean) 50% (363) 20% (147) 8% (60) 21% (149) 719PID: Rep (no lean) 40% (285) 19% (131) 24% (168) 18% (125) 710PID/Gender: DemMen 72% (236) 19% (63) 5% (17) 4% (15) 329PID/Gender: DemWomen 72% (318) 16% (71) 2% (7) 10% (45) 441PID/Gender: Ind Men 49% (180) 21% (79) 9% (35) 20% (75) 369PID/Gender: Ind Women 52% (183) 20% (68) 7% (25) 21% (74) 350PID/Gender: Rep Men 44% (160) 20% (71) 24% (85) 13% (46) 363PID/Gender: Rep Women 36% (125) 17% (60) 24% (83) 23% (79) 347Ideo: Liberal (1-3) 75% (472) 17% (105) 3% (16) 5% (34) 626Ideo: Moderate (4) 63% (378) 19% (117) 6% (35) 12% (73) 603Ideo: Conservative (5-7) 35% (249) 19% (137) 27% (188) 18% (129) 704Educ: < College 51% (771) 19% (295) 11% (167) 18% (279) 1512Educ: Bachelors degree 59% (262) 18% (80) 14% (62) 9% (40) 444Educ: Post-grad 69% (169) 15% (38) 9% (22) 6% (15) 244

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    environment andthe weather,

    including where Ilive

    Climate change isaffecting the

    environment andthe weather, but not

    where I live

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    Adults 55% (1202) 19% (412) 11% (251) 15% (334) 2200Income: Under 50k 50% (602) 21% (249) 9% (108) 20% (234) 1194Income: 50k-100k 58% (377) 16% (102) 14% (92) 12% (77) 649Income: 100k+ 62% (222) 17% (61) 14% (51) 6% (23) 358Ethnicity: White 55% (948) 17% (298) 13% (217) 15% (259) 1722Ethnicity: Hispanic 61% (213) 19% (67) 5% (17) 15% (53) 349Ethnicity: Black 50% (138) 26% (72) 6% (16) 17% (48) 274Ethnicity: Other 57% (116) 21% (42) 9% (18) 14% (28) 204All Christian 51% (491) 20% (192) 16% (156) 14% (132) 971All Non-Christian 70% (85) 15% (18) 6% (7) 9% (11) 122Atheist 73% (78) 17% (18) 3% (4) 7% (8) 108Agnostic/Nothing in particular 61% (358) 15% (88) 6% (35) 18% (103) 583Something Else 46% (190) 23% (97) 12% (49) 19% (81) 416Religious Non-Protestant/Catholic 64% (99) 18% (28) 10% (16) 9% (13) 155Evangelical 42% (235) 22% (123) 18% (102) 18% (104) 563Non-Evangelical 54% (420) 20% (154) 12% (93) 14% (107) 772Community: Urban 61% (365) 20% (123) 8% (46) 11% (68) 603Community: Suburban 55% (556) 19% (188) 12% (120) 15% (151) 1014Community: Rural 48% (281) 17% (101) 15% (86) 20% (115) 583Employ: Private Sector 62% (419) 18% (121) 11% (74) 9% (59) 673Employ: Government 60% (76) 18% (23) 12% (15) 11% (13) 127Employ: Self-Employed 53% (85) 22% (35) 17% (27) 8% (14) 160Employ: Homemaker 42% (71) 24% (39) 13% (21) 21% (36) 168Employ: Retired 53% (246) 14% (67) 16% (75) 17% (79) 467Employ: Unemployed 53% (158) 18% (54) 5% (16) 24% (71) 299Employ: Other 49% (83) 17% (28) 8% (14) 26% (44) 169Military HH: Yes 52% (190) 15% (55) 19% (68) 14% (52) 365Military HH: No 55% (1012) 19% (357) 10% (184) 15% (282) 1835

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    Adults 55% (1202) 19% (412) 11% (251) 15% (334) 2200RD/WT: Right Direction 36% (244) 22% (148) 21% (146) 21% (142) 679RD/WT: Wrong Track 63% (958) 17% (265) 7% (106) 13% (192) 1521Trump Job Approve 36% (319) 20% (181) 24% (212) 20% (183) 896Trump Job Disapprove 70% (846) 18% (218) 3% (37) 8% (101) 1202Trump Job Strongly Approve 32% (164) 16% (86) 31% (160) 21% (110) 521Trump Job Somewhat Approve 41% (155) 25% (96) 14% (52) 19% (73) 375Trump Job Somewhat Disapprove 69% (149) 18% (39) 4% (9) 9% (20) 217Trump Job Strongly Disapprove 71% (697) 18% (179) 3% (28) 8% (81) 985Favorable of Trump 36% (331) 19% (176) 24% (220) 20% (181) 908Unfavorable of Trump 70% (843) 19% (225) 2% (29) 8% (100) 1197Very Favorable of Trump 33% (181) 17% (93) 30% (168) 20% (113) 555Somewhat Favorable of Trump 43% (150) 24% (83) 15% (52) 19% (68) 353Somewhat Unfavorable of Trump 60% (110) 23% (43) 6% (10) 11% (20) 183Very Unfavorable of Trump 72% (733) 18% (182) 2% (19) 8% (80) 1014#1 Issue: Economy 52% (381) 21% (156) 14% (102) 14% (100) 740#1 Issue: Security 34% (86) 19% (47) 30% (77) 17% (43) 254#1 Issue: Health Care 71% (260) 13% (46) 4% (15) 12% (45) 367#1 Issue: Medicare / Social Security 61% (187) 15% (45) 8% (24) 16% (48) 305#1 Issue: Women’s Issues 49% (49) 37% (37) 4% (4) 10% (10) 100#1 Issue: Education 56% (83) 20% (30) 3% (5) 20% (30) 147#1 Issue: Energy 69% (66) 21% (21) 5% (5) 5% (5) 96#1 Issue: Other 46% (88) 16% (30) 10% (19) 28% (53) 1912018 House Vote: Democrat 73% (553) 17% (131) 3% (26) 6% (45) 7542018 House Vote: Republican 40% (249) 15% (94) 29% (178) 16% (102) 6242018 House Vote: Someone else 51% (32) 19% (12) 8% (5) 22% (14) 64

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    including where Ilive

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    Adults 55% (1202) 19% (412) 11% (251) 15% (334) 22002016 Vote: Hillary Clinton 75% (513) 15% (105) 3% (19) 7% (46) 6822016 Vote: Donald Trump 40% (276) 17% (116) 27% (184) 17% (116) 6912016 Vote: Other 58% (78) 19% (25) 8% (11) 16% (21) 1342016 Vote: Didn’t Vote 49% (336) 24% (167) 5% (38) 22% (152) 692Voted in 2014: Yes 57% (714) 16% (200) 15% (194) 12% (146) 1254Voted in 2014: No 52% (488) 22% (212) 6% (57) 20% (188) 9462012 Vote: Barack Obama 70% (573) 17% (136) 5% (39) 8% (67) 8142012 Vote: Mitt Romney 38% (186) 16% (78) 28% (139) 18% (87) 4912012 Vote: Other 33% (20) 12% (8) 38% (24) 17% (10) 622012 Vote: Didn’t Vote 51% (422) 23% (190) 6% (50) 20% (170) 8324-Region: Northeast 57% (225) 22% (86) 8% (33) 13% (50) 3944-Region: Midwest 51% (236) 23% (109) 12% (57) 13% (61) 4624-Region: South 51% (419) 17% (140) 14% (112) 19% (153) 8244-Region: West 62% (323) 15% (78) 9% (49) 14% (70) 520Note: Row proportions may total to larger than one-hundred percent due to rounding. For more information visit MorningConsultIntelligence.com.

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    Table MCER6: Have you considered moving now or in the future because of the impacts of natural disasters in your region?

    Demographic

    Yes, I amconsideringmoving now

    Yes, I amconsideringmoving in the

    future

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    Don’t Know / NoOpinion Total N

    Adults 4% (97) 16% (344) 69% (1515) 11% (244) 2200Gender: Male 5% (51) 16% (169) 69% (730) 11% (112) 1062Gender: Female 4% (46) 15% (175) 69% (785) 12% (132) 1138Age: 18-34 6% (42) 24% (159) 51% (337) 18% (117) 655Age: 35-44 6% (22) 21% (76) 62% (221) 11% (38) 358Age: 45-64 4% (27) 10% (74) 78% (583) 9% (67) 751Age: 65+ 1% (5) 8% (35) 86% (374) 5% (22) 436GenZers: 1997-2012 4% (12) 28% (76) 49% (135) 19% (53) 276Millennials: 1981-1996 7% (41) 21% (118) 56% (309) 15% (86) 553GenXers: 1965-1980 5% (32) 16% (95) 69% (416) 10% (62) 606Baby Boomers: 1946-1964 2% (11) 7% (47) 85% (570) 6% (40) 668PID: Dem (no lean) 5% (41) 19% (148) 67% (515) 9% (66) 771PID: Ind (no lean) 4% (26) 16% (116) 64% (461) 16% (116) 719PID: Rep (no lean) 4% (29) 11% (80) 76% (539) 9% (62) 710PID/Gender: DemMen 6% (19) 20% (64) 67% (219) 8% (26) 329PID/Gender: DemWomen 5% (22) 19% (83) 67% (296) 9% (40) 441PID/Gender: Ind Men 3% (13) 14% (52) 67% (246) 16% (59) 369PID/Gender: Ind Women 4% (14) 18% (65) 61% (215) 16% (57) 350PID/Gender: Rep Men 5% (19) 15% (53) 73% (265) 7% (27) 363PID/Gender: Rep Women 3% (10) 8% (27) 79% (274) 10% (35) 347Ideo: Liberal (1-3) 5% (32) 22% (140) 65% (408) 7% (46) 626Ideo: Moderate (4) 4% (27) 16% (95) 70% (420) 10% (61) 603Ideo: Conservative (5-7) 4% (27) 11% (76) 77% (544) 8% (57) 704Educ: < College 4% (57) 16% (239) 68% (1025) 13% (191) 1512Educ: Bachelors degree 4% (17) 11% (47) 77% (342) 8% (37) 444Educ: Post-grad 9% (23) 24% (58) 61% (148) 7% (16) 244Income: Under 50k 5% (55) 16% (186) 66% (785) 14% (168) 1194Income: 50k-100k 4% (28) 14% (90) 74% (477) 8% (54) 649Income: 100k+ 4% (14) 19% (69) 71% (253) 6% (22) 358Ethnicity: White 3% (59) 15% (255) 72% (1242) 10% (166) 1722

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    Adults 4% (97) 16% (344) 69% (1515) 11% (244) 2200Ethnicity: Hispanic 7% (25) 25% (87) 54% (190) 14% (48) 349Ethnicity: Black 9% (25) 19% (51) 56% (154) 16% (44) 274Ethnicity: Other 6% (13) 19% (39) 58% (119) 17% (34) 204All Christian 3% (29) 13% (129) 75% (730) 9% (83) 971All Non-Christian 21% (26) 17% (21) 48% (58) 14% (17) 122Atheist 6% (6) 21% (23) 68% (73) 5% (6) 108Agnostic/Nothing in particular 4% (22) 17% (101) 65% (377) 14% (83) 583Something Else 3% (14) 17% (71) 66% (276) 13% (55) 416Religious Non-Protestant/Catholic 17% (26) 16% (25) 56% (87) 11% (17) 155Evangelical 5% (28) 15% (83) 69% (386) 12% (66) 563Non-Evangelical 2% (13) 14% (109) 75% (580) 9% (70) 772Community: Urban 10% (59) 20% (122) 56% (337) 14% (84) 603Community: Suburban 2% (25) 15% (155) 73% (745) 9% (89) 1014Community: Rural 2% (13) 12% (67) 74% (432) 12% (70) 583Employ: Private Sector 6% (39) 20% (132) 68% (456) 7% (46) 673Employ: Government 4% (6) 18% (23) 72% (91) 6% (7) 127Employ: Self-Employed 5% (7) 17% (27) 67% (107) 12% (19) 160Employ: Homemaker 6% (9) 17% (28) 64% (107) 14% (23) 168Employ: Retired 1% (2) 8% (36) 85% (395) 7% (34) 467Employ: Unemployed 8% (24) 12% (37) 59% (177) 20% (61) 299Employ: Other 2% (4) 14% (24) 66% (111) 18% (30) 169Military HH: Yes 6% (21) 14% (50) 73% (266) 7% (27) 365Military HH: No 4% (76) 16% (294) 68% (1249) 12% (217) 1835RD/WT: Right Direction 6% (39) 15% (100) 69% (470) 10% (70) 679RD/WT: Wrong Track 4% (58) 16% (244) 69% (1045) 11% (174) 1521Trump Job Approve 4% (38) 13% (115) 73% (655) 10% (88) 896Trump Job Disapprove 5% (56) 18% (214) 68% (818) 9% (114) 1202

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    Adults 4% (97) 16% (344) 69% (1515) 11% (244) 2200Trump Job Strongly Approve 5% (28) 12% (61) 73% (379) 10% (53) 521Trump Job Somewhat Approve 3% (10) 14% (54) 73% (275) 9% (35) 375Trump Job Somewhat Disapprove 3% (7) 20% (43) 67% (145) 10% (21) 217Trump Job Strongly Disapprove 5% (49) 17% (171) 68% (673) 9% (92) 985Favorable of Trump 4% (34) 12% (106) 75% (680) 10% (87) 908Unfavorable of Trump 5% (58) 19% (227) 67% (798) 10% (115) 1197Very Favorable of Trump 5% (28) 12% (66) 74% (410) 9% (52) 555Somewhat Favorable of Trump 2% (6) 12% (41) 77% (270) 10% (35) 353Somewhat Unfavorable of Trump 5% (10) 20% (37) 63% (115) 12% (21) 183Very Unfavorable of Trump 5% (48) 19% (190) 67% (683) 9% (93) 1014#1 Issue: Economy 5% (39) 17% (124) 66% (492) 11% (84) 740#1 Issue: Security 4% (11) 12% (31) 74% (189) 9% (24) 254#1 Issue: Health Care 5% (20) 15% (56) 68% (250) 11% (41) 367#1 Issue: Medicare / Social Security 2% (6) 9% (29) 82% (249) 7% (21) 305#1 Issue: Women’s Issues 6% (6) 16% (16) 70% (70) 9% (9) 100#1 Issue: Education 5% (7) 23% (34) 53% (78) 19% (28) 147#1 Issue: Energy 1% (1) 32% (30) 58% (56) 10% (10) 96#1 Issue: Other 4% (7) 13% (24) 69% (131) 15% (28) 1912018 House Vote: Democrat 5% (35) 20% (151) 68% (513) 7% (56) 7542018 House Vote: Republican 5% (30) 11% (68) 78% (488) 6% (38) 6242018 House Vote: Someone else 1% (0) 16% (10) 71% (45) 12% (8) 642016 Vote: Hillary Clinton 4% (28) 17% (119) 71% (482) 8% (53) 6822016 Vote: Donald Trump 5% (35) 12% (83) 76% (528) 7% (45) 6912016 Vote: Other 5% (7) 10% (14) 72% (97) 13% (17) 1342016 Vote: Didn’t Vote 4% (26) 19% (129) 59% (408) 19% (129) 692Voted in 2014: Yes 4% (55) 14% (170) 75% (939) 7% (90) 1254Voted in 2014: No 4% (42) 18% (175) 61% (576) 16% (154) 946

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    Adults 4% (97) 16% (344) 69% (1515) 11% (244) 22002012 Vote: Barack Obama 5% (37) 18% (144) 69% (565) 8% (67) 8142012 Vote: Mitt Romney 4% (19) 8% (39) 82% (405) 6% (29) 4912012 Vote: Other 6% (4) 5% (3) 81% (50) 7% (5) 622012 Vote: Didn’t Vote 4% (37) 19% (158) 59% (494) 17% (144) 8324-Region: Northeast 2% (10) 18% (70) 67% (265) 12% (49) 3944-Region: Midwest 4% (17) 12% (55) 74% (343) 10% (47) 4624-Region: South 4% (35) 14% (114) 70% (575) 12% (100) 8244-Region: West 7% (35) 20% (106) 64% (332) 9% (48) 520Note: Row proportions may total to larger than one-hundred percent due to rounding. For more information visit MorningConsultIntelligence.com.

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    Table MCER7: How much have you seen, read, or heard about the wildfires throughout the West coast?Demographic A lot Some Not much Nothing at all Total N

    Adults 52% (1137) 37% (813) 8% (177) 3% (73) 2200Gender: Male 52% (555) 38% (402) 7% (76) 3% (29) 1062Gender: Female 51% (582) 36% (411) 9% (101) 4% (44) 1138Age: 18-34 51% (336) 35% (231) 8% (52) 6% (36) 655Age: 35-44 49% (176) 39% (140) 9% (33) 2% (8) 358Age: 45-64 48% (363) 38% (284) 11% (80) 3% (24) 751Age: 65+ 60% (261) 36% (159) 3% (12) 1% (4) 436GenZers: 1997-2012 53% (147) 33% (92) 8% (21) 6% (16) 276Millennials: 1981-1996 49% (274) 38% (208) 9% (48) 4% (23) 553GenXers: 1965-1980 48% (289) 37% (226) 11% (68) 4% (23) 606Baby Boomers: 1946-1964 55% (366) 38% (256) 6% (37) 1% (9) 668PID: Dem (no lean) 56% (429) 35% (270) 7% (52) 2% (19) 771PID: Ind (no lean) 50% (361) 36% (257) 10% (69) 5% (32) 719PID: Rep (no lean) 49% (347) 40% (286) 8% (56) 3% (21) 710PID/Gender: DemMen 55% (180) 39% (127) 6% (18) 1% (4) 329PID/Gender: DemWomen 56% (249) 32% (143) 8% (34) 3% (15) 441PID/Gender: Ind Men 51% (190) 35% (129) 8% (31) 5% (19) 369PID/Gender: Ind Women 49% (171) 37% (128) 11% (38) 4% (13) 350PID/Gender: Rep Men 51% (185) 40% (146) 7% (26) 2% (6) 363PID/Gender: Rep Women 47% (162) 40% (140) 8% (29) 4% (15) 347Ideo: Liberal (1-3) 60% (373) 32% (203) 6% (35) 2% (15) 626Ideo: Moderate (4) 50% (300) 38% (231) 9% (52) 3% (20) 603Ideo: Conservative (5-7) 52% (364) 41% (286) 6% (39) 2% (15) 704Educ: < College 49% (747) 37% (553) 9% (143) 5% (69) 1512Educ: Bachelors degree 56% (248) 38% (167) 6% (27) — (2) 444Educ: Post-grad 58% (142) 38% (94) 3% (7) 1% (1) 244Income: Under 50k 49% (580) 37% (440) 9% (112) 5% (62) 1194Income: 50k-100k 56% (365) 36% (236) 6% (39) 1% (9) 649Income: 100k+ 54% (192) 39% (138) 7% (26) — (1) 358Ethnicity: White 53% (904) 38% (650) 8% (130) 2% (37) 1722Ethnicity: Hispanic 55% (192) 31% (107) 9% (30) 6% (21) 349Ethnicity: Black 46% (125) 35% (97) 11% (31) 8% (21) 274Ethnicity: Other 52% (107) 32% (66) 8% (17) 7% (14) 204

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    Adults 52% (1137) 37% (813) 8% (177) 3% (73) 2200All Christian 50% (489) 41% (394) 7% (69) 2% (19) 971All Non-Christian 59% (72) 32% (38) 6% (8) 3% (4) 122Atheist 69% (74) 28% (30) 3% (3) — (0) 108Agnostic/Nothing in particular 51% (295) 34% (201) 10% (58) 5% (29) 583Something Else 50% (208) 36% (150) 9% (39) 5% (20) 416Religious Non-Protestant/Catholic 61% (95) 31% (49) 5% (8) 3% (4) 155Evangelical 47% (267) 41% (229) 9% (50) 3% (17) 563Non-Evangelical 51% (397) 39% (298) 7% (55) 3% (22) 772Community: Urban 52% (311) 37% (224) 8% (50) 3% (18) 603Community: Suburban 54% (547) 36% (365) 7% (75) 3% (26) 1014Community: Rural 48% (278) 39% (224) 9% (52) 5% (29) 583Employ: Private Sector 52% (351) 39% (263) 8% (53) 1% (6) 673Employ: Government 51% (65) 41% (52) 7% (9) 1% (1) 127Employ: Self-Employed 47% (76) 40% (65) 9% (14) 4% (6) 160Employ: Homemaker 46% (77) 38% (63) 13% (23) 3% (5) 168Employ: Retired 59% (274) 35% (165) 3% (15) 3% (12) 467Employ: Unemployed 50% (150) 29% (88) 13% (40) 7% (22) 299Employ: Other 46% (78) 42% (70) 7% (12) 5% (9) 169Military HH: Yes 56% (202) 39% (142) 4% (14) 2% (6) 365Military HH: No 51% (934) 37% (671) 9% (163) 4% (66) 1835RD/WT: Right Direction 46% (315) 42% (286) 8% (57) 3% (21) 679RD/WT: Wrong Track 54% (822) 35% (528) 8% (120) 3% (52) 1521Trump Job Approve 47% (420) 42% (372) 9% (79) 3% (25) 896Trump Job Disapprove 57% (683) 34% (414) 6% (74) 3% (31) 1202Trump Job Strongly Approve 51% (266) 39% (201) 7% (37) 3% (18) 521Trump Job Somewhat Approve 41% (154) 46% (171) 11% (42) 2% (7) 375Trump Job Somewhat Disapprove 45% (98) 40% (87) 11% (24) 4% (9) 217Trump Job Strongly Disapprove 59% (586) 33% (327) 5% (50) 2% (22) 985Favorable of Trump 46% (421) 42% (383) 8% (77) 3% (27) 908Unfavorable of Trump 58% (691) 33% (398) 6% (78) 3% (30) 1197

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    Table MCER7: How much have you seen, read, or heard about the wildfires throughout the West coast?Demographic A lot Some Not much Nothing at all Total N

    Adults 52% (1137) 37% (813) 8% (177) 3% (73) 2200Very Favorable of Trump 50% (278) 39% (217) 7% (40) 3% (19) 555Somewhat Favorable of Trump 40% (143) 47% (166) 10% (36) 2% (8) 353Somewhat Unfavorable of Trump 48% (88) 37% (68) 11% (20) 4% (7) 183Very Unfavorable of Trump 60% (604) 32% (329) 6% (58) 2% (23) 1014#1 Issue: Economy 47% (349) 41% (303) 8% (63) 3% (25) 740#1 Issue: Security 49% (124) 42% (107) 8% (20) 1% (4) 254#1 Issue: Health Care 54% (198) 35% (129) 7% (27) 4% (13) 367#1 Issue: Medicare / Social Security 57% (174) 35% (106) 7% (22) 1% (3) 305#1 Issue: Women’s Issues 52% (52) 34% (34) 7% (7) 6% (6) 100#1 Issue: Education 58% (86) 29% (43) 10% (15) 3% (4) 147#1 Issue: Energy 62% (60) 28% (27) 7% (7) 2% (2) 96#1 Issue: Other 49% (94) 34% (64) 9% (17) 8% (15) 1912018 House Vote: Democrat 62% (470) 32% (240) 4% (32) 2% (13) 7542018 House Vote: Republican 49% (307) 43% (270) 6% (38) 1% (9) 6242018 House Vote: Someone else 54% (34) 32% (20) 10% (6) 4% (3) 642016 Vote: Hillary Clinton 60% (407) 32% (219) 6% (41) 2% (16) 6822016 Vote: Donald Trump 50% (343) 43% (298) 5% (37) 2% (13) 6912016 Vote: Other 68% (92) 23% (31) 6% (9) 2% (3) 1342016 Vote: Didn’t Vote 43% (295) 38% (265) 13% (91) 6% (40) 692Voted in 2014: Yes 56% (705) 36% (449) 6% (72) 2% (27) 1254Voted in 2014: No 46% (432) 39% (364) 11% (105) 5% (45) 9462012 Vote: Barack Obama 58% (475) 32% (262) 7% (55) 3% (21) 8142012 Vote: Mitt Romney 52% (255) 43% (210) 4% (19) 1% (7) 4912012 Vote: Other 46% (29) 41% (26) 11% (7) 2% (1) 622012 Vote: Didn’t Vote 45% (377) 38% (316) 12% (96) 5% (43) 8324-Region: Northeast 50% (198) 39% (152) 6% (25) 5% (20) 3944-Region: Midwest 47% (218) 43% (199) 7% (34) 2% (11) 4624-Region: South 45% (374) 40% (330) 11% (91) 3% (29) 8244-Region: West 67% (347) 26% (133) 5% (27) 3% (13) 520Note: Row proportions may total to larger than one-hundred percent due to rounding. For more information visit MorningConsultIntelligence.com.

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    Table MCER8

    Table MCER8: And, in your opinion, how much did climate change contribute to recent natural disasters, such as this year’s wildfires in the West?Demographic A lot Some Not much Not at all Total N

    Adults 39% (850) 34% (739) 16% (347) 12% (264) 2200Gender: Male 37% (393) 34% (357) 17% (181) 12% (131) 1062Gender: Female 40% (457) 34% (382) 15% (165) 12% (134) 1138Age: 18-34 45% (294) 34% (220) 12% (79) 9% (62) 655Age: 35-44 45% (162) 34% (121) 11% (38) 10% (37) 358Age: 45-64 33% (251) 33% (250) 20% (151) 13% (98) 751Age: 65+ 33% (144) 34% (148) 18% (78) 15% (67) 436GenZers: 1997-2012 45% (125) 34% (94) 14% (39) 7% (18) 276Millennials: 1981-1996 44% (242) 33% (181) 12% (65) 12% (65) 553GenXers: 1965-1980 38% (232) 34% (204) 17% (101) 11% (69) 606Baby Boomers: 1946-1964 34% (225) 33% (222) 18% (121) 15% (99) 668PID: Dem (no lean) 58% (446) 33% (253) 6% (50) 3% (22) 771PID: Ind (no lean) 37% (263) 36% (259) 16% (119) 11% (79) 719PID: Rep (no lean) 20% (142) 32% (227) 25% (178) 23% (163) 710PID/Gender: DemMen 57% (188) 34% (112) 7% (22) 2% (8) 329PID/Gender: DemWomen 59% (258) 32% (142) 6% (28) 3% (14) 441PID/Gender: Ind Men 33% (122) 35% (127) 19% (70) 14% (50) 369PID/Gender: Ind Women 40% (141) 38% (131) 14% (48) 8% (29) 350PID/Gender: Rep Men 23% (84) 32% (118) 24% (89) 20% (73) 363PID/Gender: Rep Women 17% (58) 31% (109) 26% (89) 26% (91) 347Ideo: Liberal (1-3) 65% (406) 29% (184) 4% (25) 2% (11) 626Ideo: Moderate (4) 40% (240) 39% (238) 12% (73) 9% (53) 603Ideo: Conservative (5-7) 18% (123) 30% (211) 28% (195) 25% (175) 704Educ: < College 35% (524) 35% (531) 17% (254) 13% (204) 1512Educ: Bachelors degree 44% (196) 30% (134) 16% (71) 10% (42) 444Educ: Post-grad 53% (130) 30% (74) 9% (21) 7% (18) 244Income: Under 50k 36% (432) 36% (428) 16% (191) 12% (143) 1194Income: 50k-100k 39% (251) 33% (212) 17% (109) 12% (77) 649Income: 100k+ 47% (168) 28% (99) 13% (46) 13% (45) 358Ethnicity: White 36% (624) 34% (582) 17% (286) 13% (230) 1722Ethnicity: Hispanic 49% (173) 31% (109) 10% (34) 10% (34) 349Ethnicity: Black 49% (134) 36% (98) 10% (27) 5% (15) 274Ethnicity: Other 45% (92) 29% (59) 16% (33) 10% (20) 204

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    Table MCER8: And, in your opinion, how much did climate change contribute to recent natural disasters, such as this year’s wildfires in the West?Demographic A lot Some Not much Not at all Total N

    Adults 39% (850) 34% (739) 16% (347) 12% (264) 2200All Christian 31% (302) 36% (345) 18% (177) 15% (147) 971All Non-Christian 57% (69) 33% (40) 2% (3) 8% (10) 122Atheist 59% (63) 29% (32) 8% (9) 4% (4) 108Agnostic/Nothing in particular 43% (249) 33% (194) 15% (87) 9% (53) 583Something Else 40% (167) 31% (128) 17% (71) 12% (50) 416Religious Non-Protestant/Catholic 53% (82) 33% (51) 5% (7) 10% (15) 155Evangelical 29% (162) 32% (181) 20% (111) 19% (109) 563Non-Evangelical 37% (288) 35% (273) 17% (130) 11% (82) 772Community: Urban 47% (284) 35% (212) 10% (63) 7% (44) 603Community: Suburban 36% (364) 34% (343) 18% (184) 12% (123) 1014Community: Rural 35% (202) 31% (183) 17% (100) 17% (97) 583Employ: Private Sector 44% (299) 33% (223) 12% (83) 10% (69) 673Employ: Government 43% (55) 30% (38) 16% (21) 11% (13) 127Employ: Self-Employed 31% (49) 37% (59) 15% (24) 17% (28) 160Employ: Homemaker 32% (54) 34% (57) 18% (30) 16% (27) 168Employ: Retired 33% (152) 33% (152) 20% (93) 15% (70) 467Employ: Unemployed 46% (137) 29% (86) 16% (48) 9% (28) 299Employ: Other 28% (48) 44% (74) 18% (30) 10% (17) 169Military HH: Yes 33% (121) 30% (111) 20% (74) 16% (58) 365Military HH: No 40% (729) 34% (628) 15% (272) 11% (206) 1835RD/WT: Right Direction 23% (155) 32% (216) 24% (164) 21% (144) 679RD/WT: Wrong Track 46% (695) 34% (523) 12% (182) 8% (121) 1521Trump Job Approve 19% (174) 33% (299) 24% (211) 24% (212) 896Trump Job Disapprove 54% (653) 34% (406) 8% (100) 4% (42) 1202Trump Job Strongly Approve 20% (102) 24% (125) 25% (132) 31% (162) 521Trump Job Somewhat Approve 19% (72) 46% (174) 21% (78) 13% (50) 375Trump Job Somewhat Disapprove 28% (61) 43% (93) 22% (47) 7% (16) 217Trump Job Strongly Disapprove 60% (592) 32% (313) 5% (53) 3% (26) 985Favorable of Trump 19% (171) 34% (306) 24% (216) 24% (215) 908Unfavorable of Trump 55% (663) 33% (400) 8% (95) 3% (39) 1197

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    Table MCER8: And, in your opinion, how much did climate change contribute to recent natural disasters, such as this year’s wildfires in the West?Demographic A lot Some Not much Not at all Total N

    Adults 39% (850) 34% (739) 16% (347) 12% (264) 2200Very Favorable of Trump 19% (107) 24% (135) 25% (140) 31% (173) 555Somewhat Favorable of Trump 18% (64) 48% (171) 21% (76) 12% (42) 353Somewhat Unfavorable of Trump 29% (53) 41% (76) 20% (37) 9% (17) 183Very Unfavorable of Trump 60% (610) 32% (324) 6% (58) 2% (22) 1014#1 Issue: Economy 34% (254) 35% (256) 18% (137) 13% (93) 740#1 Issue: Security 18% (45) 32% (81) 22% (56) 28% (72) 254#1 Issue: Health Care 50% (183) 33% (120) 10% (37) 7% (27) 367#1 Issue: Medicare / Social Security 39% (120) 34% (104) 18% (54) 8% (26) 305#1 Issue: Women’s Issues 62% (61) 24% (24) 9% (9) 5% (5) 100#1 Issue: Education 45% (66) 42% (61) 7% (10) 6% (10) 147#1 Issue: Energy 53% (51) 38% (36) 3% (3) 6% (6) 96#1 Issue: Other 36% (69) 29% (55) 21% (40) 14% (26) 1912018 House Vote: Democrat 62% (467) 30% (230) 5% (38) 3% (19) 7542018 House Vote: Republican 19% (115) 30% (184) 26% (160) 26% (164) 6242018 House Vote: Someone else 32% (20) 42% (27) 15% (9) 11% (7) 642016 Vote: Hillary Clinton 63% (427) 30% (208) 5% (36) 2% (12) 6822016 Vote: Donald Trump 19% (134) 30% (209) 25% (172) 26% (176) 6912016 Vote: Other 44% (60) 27% (36) 12% (16) 17% (23) 1342016 Vote: Didn’t Vote 33% (230) 41% (287) 18% (122) 8% (53) 692Voted in 2014: Yes 40% (500) 30% (380) 15% (184) 15% (190) 1254Voted in 2014: No 37% (351) 38% (358) 17% (163) 8% (74) 9462012 Vote: Barack Obama 54% (439) 33% (265) 9% (69) 5% (40) 8142012 Vote: Mitt Romney 17% (84) 31% (151) 26% (127) 26% (129) 4912012 Vote: Other 20% (12) 28% (17) 18% (11) 34% (21) 622012 Vote: Didn’t Vote 38% (315) 37% (304) 17% (139) 9% (74) 8324-Region: Northeast 43% (168) 35% (139) 13% (50) 9% (36) 3944-Region: Midwest 34% (159) 36% (168) 18% (83) 11% (53) 4624-Region: South 33% (269) 35% (287) 18% (145) 15% (124) 8244-Region: West 49% (254) 28% (144) 13% (69) 10% (53) 520Note: Row proportions may total to larger than one-hundred percent due to rounding. For more information visit MorningConsultIntelligence.com.

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    Respondent Demographics Summary

    Summary Statistics of Survey Respondent DemographicsDemographic Group Frequency Percentage

    xdemAll Adults 2200 100%

    xdemGender Gender: Male 1062 48%Gender: Female 1138 52%

    N 2200

    age Age: 18-34 655 30%Age: 35-44 358 16%Age: 45-64 751 34%Age: 65+ 436 20%

    N 2200

    demAgeGeneration GenZers: 1997-2012 276 13%Millennials: 1981-1996 553 25%GenXers: 1965-1980 606 28%

    Baby Boomers: 1946-1964 668 30%N 2103

    xpid3 PID: Dem (no lean) 771 35%PID: Ind (no lean) 719 33%PID: Rep (no lean) 710 32%

    N 2200

    xpidGender PID/Gender: DemMen 329 15%PID/Gender: DemWomen 441 20%

    PID/Gender: Ind Men 369 17%PID/Gender: Ind Women 350 16%

    PID/Gender: Rep Men 363 17%PID/Gender: Rep Women 347 16%

    N 2200

    xdemIdeo3 Ideo: Liberal (1-3) 626 28%Ideo: Moderate (4) 603 27%

    Ideo: Conservative (5-7) 704 32%N 1933

    xeduc3 Educ: < College 1512 69%Educ: Bachelors degree 444 20%

    Educ: Post-grad 244 11%N 2200

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    Summary Statistics of Survey Respondent DemographicsDemographic Group Frequency Percentage

    xdemInc3 Income: Under 50k 1194 54%Income: 50k-100k 649 29%

    Income: 100k+ 358 16%N 2200

    xdemWhite Ethnicity: White 1722 78%

    xdemHispBin Ethnicity: Hispanic 349 16%

    demBlackBin Ethnicity: Black 274 12%

    demRaceOther Ethnicity: Other 204 9%

    xdemReligion All Christian 971 44%All Non-Christian 122 6%

    Atheist 108 5%Agnostic/Nothing in particular 583 26%

    Something Else 416 19%N 2200

    xdemReligOther Religious Non-Protestant/Catholic 155 7%

    xdemEvang Evangelical 563 26%Non-Evangelical 772 35%

    N 1336

    xdemUsr Community: Urban 603 27%Community: Suburban 1014 46%

    Community: Rural 583 26%N 2200

    xdemEmploy Employ: Private Sector 673 31%Employ: Government 127 6%

    Employ: Self-Employed 160 7%Employ: Homemaker 168 8%

    Employ: Retired 467 21%Employ: Unemployed 299 14%

    Employ: Other 169 8%N 2063

    xdemMilHH1 Military HH: Yes 365 17%Military HH: No 1835 83%

    N 2200

    xnr1 RD/WT: Right Direction 679 31%RD/WT: Wrong Track 1521 69%

    N 2200

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    Summary Statistics of Survey Respondent DemographicsDemographic Group Frequency Percentage

    Trump_Approve Trump Job Approve 896 41%Trump Job Disapprove 1202 55%

    N 2098

    Trump_Approve2 Trump Job Strongly Approve 521 24%Trump Job Somewhat Approve 375 17%

    Trump Job Somewhat Disapprove 217 10%Trump Job Strongly Disapprove 985 45%

    N 2098

    Trump_Fav Favorable of Trump 908 41%Unfavorable of Trump 1197 54%

    N 2105

    Trump_Fav_FULL Very Favorable of Trump 555 25%Somewhat Favorable of Trump 353 16%

    Somewhat Unfavorable of Trump 183 8%Very Unfavorable of Trump 1014 46%

    N 2105

    xnr3 #1 Issue: Economy 740 34%#1 Issue: Security 254 12%

    #1 Issue: Health Care 367 17%#1 Issue: Medicare / Social Security 305 14%

    #1 Issue: Women’s Issues 100 5%#1 Issue: Education 147 7%

    #1 Issue: Energy 96 4%#1 Issue: Other 191 9%

    N 2200

    xsubVote18O 2018 House Vote: Democrat 754 34%2018 House Vote: Republican 624 28%

    2018 House Vote: Someone else 64 3%N 1441

    xsubVote16O 2016 Vote: Hillary Clinton 682 31%2016 Vote: Donald Trump 691 31%

    2016 Vote: Other 134 6%2016 Vote: Didn’t Vote 692 31%

    N 2200

    xsubVote14O Voted in 2014: Yes 1254 57%Voted in 2014: No 946 43%

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    Summary Statistics of Survey Respondent DemographicsDemographic Group Frequency Percentage

    xsubVote12O 2012 Vote: Barack Obama 814 37%2012 Vote: Mitt Romney 491 22%

    2012 Vote: Other 62 3%2012 Vote: Didn’t Vote 832 38%

    N 2199

    xreg4 4-Region: Northeast 394 18%4-Region: Midwest 462 21%

    4-Region: South 824 37%4-Region: West 520 24%

    N 2200

    Note: Group proportions may total to larger than one-hundred percent due to rounding. All statistics are calcu-lated with demographic post-stratification weights applied.

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    Crosstabulation Results by Respondent DemographicsRespondent Demographics Summary