The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication conducts research on how the public perceives climate change. Their survey guages the public’s knowledge, attitudes, policy preferences, and behaviors related to climate change. Recently, data and visualizations from the Climate Opinion poll 2021 were released, showing how the public perception of climate change varies at the state, congressional district, metro area, and county levels. The table below provides data from the survey for Dane County, Wisconsin, and the US as a whole.

Beliefs	Dane County	Wisconsin	United States
Global warming is happening	80%	69%	72%
Global warming is caused mostly by human activities	66%	55%	57%
Most scientist think that global warming is happening	73%	56%	57%
Global warming is affecting the weather	75%	63%	64%
Risk Perceptions	Dane County	Wisconsin	United States
Worried about global warming	73%	62%	65%
Global warming will harm future generations	78%	70%	71%
Global warming will harm people in developing countries	75%	67%	68%
Global warming will harm people in the US	70%	62%	64%
Global warming will harm me personally	49%	42%	47%
Policy Support	Dane County	Wisconsin	United States
Fund research into renewable energy sources	83%	78%	77%
Set strict CO2 limits on existing coal-fired power plants	72%	65%	66%
Require utilities to produce 20% electricity from renewable sources	70%	65%	64%
Provide tax rebates for energy-efficient vehicles or solar panels	80%	78%	64%
Congress should do more to address global warming	69%	58%	61%
Local officials should do more to address global warming	61%	54%	59%
Citizens should do more to address global warming	72%	63%	65%
Corporations should do more to address global warming	78%	69%	70%
Behaviors	Dane County	Wisconsin	United States
Discuss global warming at least occasionally	43%	33%	35%
Hear about global warming in the media at least once a week	40%	32%	33%