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To evaluate the longitudinal trends and individual-level mechanisms driving partisan and ideological polarisation of climate-policy attitudes in Britain between 2014 and 2025.

August 16, 2026West European PoliticsOpen Access

Political polarisation of climate-policy-relevant attitudes: longitudinal evidence from Britain

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GCGidon CohenDurham University NVNick VivyanUniversity of East Anglia

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Longitudinal analysis reveals growing partisan and ideological polarisation over climate policy in Britain, highlighting the driving role of right-populist alignment with cultural attitudes.

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To evaluate the longitudinal trends and individual-level mechanisms driving partisan and ideological polarisation of climate-policy attitudes in Britain between 2014 and 2025.
Conducted a longitudinal analysis of British climate-policy attitudes spanning 2014 to 2025 in a context of rising climate salience.
Applied cross-lagged panel models to test individual-level mechanisms, including party-based attitude change, attitude-based sorting, and ideology-based alignment.
Climate-policy attitudes grew significantly more linked to party affiliation and broader ideological views, with partisan polarisation driven largely by supporters of right-populist parties.
Ideological polarisation occurred predominantly along cultural dimensions, where prior cultural attitudes increasingly aligned both right-populist support and climate-policy stances.

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Cohen et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8179dcf2fb91fc834ad523 https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2026.2707649

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Longitudinal analysis reveals growing partisan and ideological polarisation over climate policy in Britain, highlighting the driving role of right-populist alignment with cultural attitudes.

Political polarisation of climate-policy-relevant attitudes: longitudinal evidence from Britain

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Political polarisation of climate-policy-relevant attitudes: longitudinal evidence from Britain

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