Guest essay by Eric Worrall
My question – if 97% of left-leaning voters want climate action, would they expect right-wing voters to pay for it?
The world is on fire and our leaders are failing, poll shows
Poll respondents voiced frustration at being left to take on climate action on their own after governments and companies failed to act.
Via RYAN HEATH
08/02/2022 10:31 AM ESTAdults across the United States and globally have deplorable opinions about the performance of their political leaders when it comes to climate change and say they are seeing an escalation in climate change. extreme weather events and natural disasters.
A new global sustainability poll by POLITICO Morning Consult reveals people’s frustration that they are being left to take climate action on their own, as they believe that governments Governments and companies with the most resources (which also tend to be most responsible for carbon emissions) should shoulder the burden.
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Surprisingly, climate may be the only issue where President Joe Biden gets a higher score from the right than the left. That’s not necessarily because Republican voters are concerned that Biden has done enough, but because they are pleased that he is legally constrained.
Biden’s base, meanwhile, is furious. Although the administration has made climate action central to its rhetoric, executive and legislative agenda, 80% of Americans who self-identify as leftist say the Biden administration is doing too little to address it. climate change issues, including 64% of Democrats surveyed.
The United States is home to the biggest ideological divide over climate action. Among Americans, 97 percent of left-leaning voters expressed concern about climate change, compared with 51 percent of left-leaning voters.
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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/08/citizens-politicians-combat-climate-change-00004590
Politico said 97 percent of voters leaning on the left think climate change is an issue.
If I thought we were in the middle of an existential crisis, and I know a lot of people think so, I wouldn’t sit on my ass waiting for President Biden to act, or wait for everyone to fully agree. . problem. I will be out there raising funds at the Democratic and Green Party branch meetings, or whoever else listens, to collect the necessary funds, to build wind turbines and solar panels or any other. any other infrastructure required to solve the problem.
But for some reason this doesn’t happen. Or if it is happening, the funds raised are not enough to make an impact.
Are left-wing voters more concerned with making sure everyone gets their fair share, than saving the world?
Or do they say they’re worried about climate change, but don’t really mean it?
I want to know the answer. If you are a climate-concerned left-wing voter, please try to explain what is preventing the large number of left-wing voters who think climate change is an urgent issue, from giving up. through and categorize problems together.
Because we’re talking about half the country, if Politico’s survey is any guide.
Surely many of them have the resources and initiative to at least make a head start, to lead others by example.
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