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Interesting article.
If you're old, white and racist, you're more likely to be a climate change denier
Hmmm.
If you're old, white and racist, you're more likely to be a climate change denier
Climate change deniers tend to be racist, white and old, according to a study.
Researchers found that American voters with some serious racial resentments were - and this might come as a shock to literally no one - far more likely to question an irrefutable truth like climate change.
Using information from American National Election Studies, researcher Salil Benegal at DePauw University found Republicans with high racial resentment scores were 84 per cent likely to dispute and argue with man-made climate change.
If being more inclined to racial resentment wasn't enough, research conducted by Pew found that climate change deniers tend to also be... Wait, can you guess? That's right, old and white.
Hmmm.