ABSTRACT
This chapter pays attention to the potential influence of political and ideological predictors, as outlined in the model of trust. It seeks to understand the extent to which political and ideological predictors influence trust in the EPA and how sub-populations react to the experimental treatments. The chapter explores the political and ideological components of that model in detail. Specifically, it examines the influence of party identification, political ideology, generalized trust in government, and trust in industry. Political ideology was similarly modeled, with those who identify as conservatives and moderates compared to liberals. This analysis reveals that these types of variables are important predictors of an individual's support or opposition of fracking. The sub-population analyses of political and ideological indicators reveal that the identity of the messenger can matter, as the model of trust would predict. The analyses reported provide support for the authors' model of trust with respect to political and ideological factors that might influence this process.
