There has been a decades-long, gradual erosion of trust in the scientific community among conservatives—but not liberals—since the 1970s.… This erosion of trust has coincided with the emergence of multiple scientific findings that challenge core conservative views, such as belief in the importance and beneficence of unregulated free markets.… In summary, the rejection of specific scientific evidence across a range of issues, as well as generalized distrust in science, appears to be concentrated primarily among the political right.
