SEPTEMBER 25, 2019: Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters under 35 believe it is at least somewhat likely that the earth will become uninhabitable and humanity will be wiped out within the next decade or so. A ScottRasmussen.com national survey ([link removed]) found that 19% consider that catastrophic outcome very likely.[1] ([link removed])
However, only 12% of senior citizens agree (and only 4% of seniors believe it is very likely).
Among all voters, 29% believe it is at least somewhat likely that humanity will soon be wiped out while 71% disagree.
In the early days of the Cold War, many young people had concerns that the world would be destroyed by nuclear weapons. Another generation was convinced that overpopulation would devastate the human race by the 1980s. While we do not have comparable polling data for those periods, the response of young people today seems very similar.
The data also reveals a significant geographical divide. Forty-five percent (45%) of urban residents think humanity may be wiped out by climate change in 10-15 years. Only 23% of rural voters and 22% of suburban voters agree.
Twenty-one percent (21%) of urban voters consider it very likely that the earth will quickly become uninhabitable. Just 6% of rural voters and 5% of suburban voters consider that a very likely outcome.
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