Poll shows sharp partisan divide over confidence in science

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MaddowBlog: It's absurd, but science is effectively becoming a culture war issue, alongside traditional fights over religion, reproductive rights, and gun violence.

yesterday on the American right and its perspective on the pandemic. What began as"vaccine hesitancy," the article explained, has"morphed into outright vaccine hostility, as conservatives increasingly attack the White House's coronavirus message, mischaracterize its vaccination campaign and, more and more, vow to skip the shots altogether."

Sixty-four percent of U.S. adults say they have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in science, compared with 70% when Gallup last measured it more than four decades ago. The modest decline overall obscures more significant changes among political partisans. Republicans today are much less likely than their predecessors in 1975 to have confidence in science. Meanwhile, Democrats today have more confidence than their fellow partisans did in the past.

There's room for some speculation about how the public defines the term. When Republicans say they lack confidence in science, it's possible they're referring to leading authorities, academia in general, the process of testing scientific ideas, or scientific findings that make them feel uncomfortable.

 

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