Story highlights Sixty three percent of independents oppose Donald Trump's Paris climate change move

Remember that Trump won independents, who made up about one-third of the 2016 electorate

(CNN) President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate accords last week was cast by most smart observers as a ploy to keep his base in line.

New polling out of the Washington Post and ABC News suggests it will probably work -- although the same data make clear that Trump's decision is almost certain to reinforce doubts about him among Democrats and independents.

Two-thirds of Republicans support Trump's decision on Paris, according to the Post-ABC poll, with 46% of them supporting the move strongly.

By contrast, 82% of Democrats oppose the Paris move with -- and this is stunning -- 67% feeling that way strongly. The numbers are similar among independents. Sixty three percent oppose Trump's move with 51% of those acknowledging "strong" opposition.

What those numbers tell you -- beyond the fact that Trump's decision on Paris was aimed squarely at the base and no one else -- is how polarized climate change (and every other issue) has become in our modern American politics.

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