Mission accomplished?: NOAA and NSF get 52% of their poll sample to agree that the Earth is warmer than it was 150 years ago, and it may or may not be warmer in the future

NOAA, NSF sponsor Yale survey of Republicans on climate change | JunkScience.com

The purpose of this survey is clearly to influence Congress. Should the federal government being supporting non-profit political work? Should a non-profit do political work?

In the survey [PDF] referenced above, look how they defined climate change:

Climate change refers to the idea that the world’s average temperature has been increasing over the past 150 years, may be increasing more in the future, and that other aspects of the world’s climate may change as a result. What do you think? Do you think that climate change is happening?