Climate Crisis Now A Priority For Voters

Polls say: Everything’s coming up green

Molly Enking, May 1, 2019 (Grist)

“For the first time, climate change is ranked as the No. 1 issue among Democratic voters in a new national CNN poll…82 percent of voting Democrats (including left-leaning Independents) listed climate change as a ‘top priority’ that they’d like to see presidential candidates focus on. The next-highest issue was universal health care, at 75 percent, followed by gun reform, at 65 percent…

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[Y]oung people, in particular, feel climate change is a major priority…[V]oters between 18 and 29 said they’d favor action on the climate crisis even if it hurts economic growth…[and] a high percentage of young people plan to vote…Although not everyone believes global warming has already begun, most Americans report worrying about climate change ‘a great deal’ or a ‘fair amount,’ according to a recent Gallup poll…” click here for more

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