Libertarians are not conservatives in the U.S. they are true classic liberals in the sense that they believe in full economic and personal freedom from government, unlike neo-liberals aka socialists, communists. Conservatives agree on economic issues with libertarians but differ on some social issues. The right in the U.S. are Conservatives who are largely Republican, Libertarians in the U.S. are right only on economic issues such as free markets but true classic liberal on social issues. Republicans, Conservatives and Libertarians in the US have large amounts of AGW Skeptics. The poll clearly shows this as 84% are skeptical the rest are "moderates" and not well versed in science.
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