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Poll: Majority of Arizonans believe climate is changing due to human activity

Posted at 3:00 PM, Sep 05, 2019
and last updated 2019-09-05 18:00:43-04

TUCSON, Ariz. — A new poll finds most Arizonans agree about climate change, and its cause.

The firm OH Predictive Insights released polling results Thursday showing 62% of Arizonans believe climate change is happening, and that it's caused by human activity.

That numbered is mostly bolstered by 83% of Democrats and 75% of independents. Only 34% of Republicans in the state said they thought humans were causing climate change, and only 55% of Republicans agree that the climate is changing at all.

The poll -- which was conducted between Aug. 13 and Aug. 14 among 600 likely 2020 voters in Arizona -- found only a quarter of respondents believe human activity is not causing climate change.

Overall, nearly three quarters of Arizonans agree that the climate is changing.