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We suggest the misperceptions of the highly concerned are due in part to attending to the politics of the issue, which is highly polarised. But the electorate is not. We advocate emphasising the unity that exists for strong climate action. End/

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Climate concern was strongly related to perceived political polarisation, and this held withing voting groups. If you were a concerned Greens voter, you perceived strong group differences; if you were a less concerned Greens voter, perceptions of group differences were muted. 9/

So what’s going on here? Are the people at the ends of the political spectrum just out of touch with reality? A tempting conclusion, but not, in our view, a compelling one. Another thing we asked our participants was how much climate change concerns them as an issue. 8/

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That happened for Greens voters, who assumed there would be stark differences based on partisanship. For Labor and LNP, this assumption was slightly muted. For One Nation Voters? They really do think we’re one nation! 7/

Bar chart comparing actual climate policy support with perceived support, broken down by voting group. Shows Greens and Labor voters overestimate polarisation of support, while One Nation voters underestimate polarization

Here’s where it got interesting. We asked our participants how much policy support they thought each set of voters would show for these policies. We expected to find evidence for ‘false polarisation’ – that people would overestimate political differences… 6/

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Who people voted for mattered too. Greens (left-wing), Labor (centre-left), LNP (centre-right) and One Nation (right-wing) voters all differed in actual policy support, with support decreasing moving left to right on the political spectrum. 5/

bar chart showing policy support by voting behaviour. Green bar is Greens voters, red bar is Labor voters, blue bar is Liberal/National Party voters, orange bar is Pauline Hanson’s One Nation voters.

How people perceived the policy support of other people mattered; perceptions of high support (even when controlling for personal support) was associated with feelings that enacting the policies would be fair and legitimate. Perceived low support the opposite. 4/

Support find actual support is strong for most policies tested, but in almost all cases, perceived support from others is significantly underestimated. 3/

figure showing actual policy support well above the midpoint for most policies, but perceptions of other Australians’ support trailing significantly behind

We tested support for a range of climate policies in Australia using two representative cross-sectional survey studies of Australian voters (N = 2013; N = 3834). We were looking for how people understood others’ support, and tested levels of real and perceived political partisan polarisation. 2/

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Perceived support for climate policy in Australia: The asymmetrical influence of voting behaviour

New from me, Samantha Stanley, and @mentaloose.bsky.social, study on Australians’ perceptions of climate policy support. Australians underestimate climate policy support, with some fascinating effects based on voting behaviour. More below 1/ #climatesky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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A comprehensive policy response from wealthy nations is a necessary step to limiting catastrophic climate change. Community attitudes toward policy, a…

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 06/12/2024

THREAD So your Attention Score went down because people are rage-deleting their Twitter accounts. Why is that happening? Should I be worried? Should I see my doctor? Let's get into what the Attention Score actually is, how it's impacted by posts and deletions, WITH THE HELP OF MEMES. 1/20

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Zoe Leviston @zlevo.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Can’t help but feel this is big for McSweeney if he and Marnus get thru to stumps 🤞 #AUSvIND

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Zoe Leviston @zlevo.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Yes please. And preferential system so the shouty ones have less of a chance.

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Zoe Leviston @zlevo.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

To be fair he’s soaking up balls at a dangerous pink ball time. In his current form at least he can play night watchman.

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Agree, big fan of the debrief :) I generally use Prolific for experiments but dabble with other service providers (eg for longitudinal or large representative-ish Oz samples). For open-ended response quality I’d say Prolific probably tops the lot.

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That’s great (and my experience also). I think some ppl hesitate to provide a withdrawal option, worrying about mass attrition, but I think participants really appreciate being shown the insides of the black box.

Great research Mat. Out of interest, did you get many participants withdrawing after debrief, or was it negligible/nil?

Aparna Lal @aparna-lal.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

New research from @mdmarques.com suggests emerging technologies face an uphill battle in a post-truth world.

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Co-benefits are an effective way of articulating how health can be embedded in climate and energy efficiency policies. Led by #PhD Zoe in collaboration with policymakers, our work shows that incentivising more ambitious climate policy could improve health and wellbeing. doi.org/10.1088/1748...

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The health and wellbeing co-benefits of policies and programs to address climate change in urban areas: a scoping review - IOPscienceSearch

The health and wellbeing co-benefits of policies and programs to address climate change in urban areas: a scoping review, Z A Becvarik, L V White, A Lal

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Zoe Leviston @zlevo.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I reckon the findings raise some intriguing moral conundrums (but mostly I just love they took their counter-finding and ran with it).