Thanks, good point! I agree that it’s possible that a backlash could occur a while after the disruptive protests actually took place. That being said, it seems likely (at least to me) that if it were the case that these protests were going to lead to people becoming less supportive of climate policies, there would have been at least some evidence of the backlash in the survey data at the height of, or in the immediate aftermath of, the disruption.
Initially, we had planned only to do two surveys, but decided on commissioning a third when it became clear that JSO were receiving additional media coverage and we wanted to make sure that we captured any impact of the continued media coverage. The protests began on the 1st of April, and our third survey took place on the 19th of April, at which point most survey respondents had heard about the protests (or at least claimed that they had), so our hope is that if there had been a backlash we would’ve picked up on it. That being said, you’re right that if there was a backlash or a change in peoples’ views on climate policies that took place a few weeks after the protests (or at an even later point), our surveys wouldn’t have picked up on it.
Thanks, good point! I agree that it’s possible that a backlash could occur a while after the disruptive protests actually took place. That being said, it seems likely (at least to me) that if it were the case that these protests were going to lead to people becoming less supportive of climate policies, there would have been at least some evidence of the backlash in the survey data at the height of, or in the immediate aftermath of, the disruption.
Initially, we had planned only to do two surveys, but decided on commissioning a third when it became clear that JSO were receiving additional media coverage and we wanted to make sure that we captured any impact of the continued media coverage. The protests began on the 1st of April, and our third survey took place on the 19th of April, at which point most survey respondents had heard about the protests (or at least claimed that they had), so our hope is that if there had been a backlash we would’ve picked up on it. That being said, you’re right that if there was a backlash or a change in peoples’ views on climate policies that took place a few weeks after the protests (or at an even later point), our surveys wouldn’t have picked up on it.