There's also positive feedback loops when it comes to opposition of the very idea that the warming exists. When one politician pushes the idea hard, when peopl

There's also positive feedback loops when it comes to opposition of the very idea that the warming exists. When one politician pushes the idea hard, when people show interest in it, there's an incentive for other politicians to double down on their positions or push even farther to more extreme levels of denial. Plus, voters who strongly identify with a party that promotes that platform may find themselves pulled along, wanting to be in line with the party's politics, and in so doing skew things even further.