Do voters care about #ClimateChange?
"The large majority of Americans would prefer government action on climate change, but that doesn't mean that they prioritize the issue when they're going into their polling place and voting."
A Pew poll says Americans put climate at low priority.
But it's not that simple.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/voters-care-climate-change-green-divides-election/story?id=112586833
In this Pew poll, "Dealing with climate change" is #18 of 20 priorities Americans were asked about.
I think that's simply because few people have connected the dots between climate change and issues that they care about.
For instance, climate change has a huge toll on the economy, on healthcare costs, and it's worst for poor people of color.
This nugget from Mark Gongloff:
"Just as two-thirds of us worry about #ClimateChange, two-thirds of us say we rarely or never discuss it with our friends or family. Maybe we don’t talk about climate change now, but nothing is stopping us. The more we normalize talking about it, the likelier we are to actually do something about it. "
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-08-12/harris-doesn-t-talk-about-climate-change-why
Did you read the article tho?
It says Harris doesn't *have* to emphasise her record or plans on climate change because everybody already knows that Trump is going to turn on the fossil fuel spigot on full blast, while she has helped put "Biden's" climate law in place.
At least she picked the climate action guy not the guy who hasn't tried very hard to stop fracking in his state.
But I hear you.
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