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Proposed Dependent Variable: If nothing is done to reduce global warming in the future, how serious a problem will it be for people living in the United States.
According to a Pew Research study, two-thirds of Americans say there is solid evidence that the Earth has been getting warmer over the last few decades. Additionally, there is a large rift between Republican’s belief that the globe was warming and Democrat’s (in 2009, this was a 40 percentage point difference).
Pew Research Study: Climate Change: Key Data Points from Pew Research. (n.d.). Retrieved November 11, 2014. http://www.pewresearch.org/key-data-points/climate-change-key-data-points-from-pew-research/
Additional Articles of interest:
http://www.people-press.org/2014/06/26/section-7-global-warming-environment-and-energy/
http://www.gallup.com/poll/167960/americans-likely-say-global-warming-exaggerated.aspx
http://climatepublicopinion.stanford.edu/sample-page/research/