Sentences with phrase «climate issues voters»

A new study from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication finds that there are indeed a group of climate issues voters who will be more likely to support a candidate who's pro-climate.

If Romney were to start including the talking point «I promise to seek out ways to address climate change» in his stump speech, 28 % of «climate issues voters» would then be swayed to vote for him.

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And the brouhaha shifts the national discussion to divisive social issues that could repel swing voters rather than economic ones that could attract them in a climate of high unemployment and stumbling recovery, the GOP officials said.

They were, instead, making the complex decisions that any serious voter must, weighing their own moral commitments against a candidate's professed values, the policies they propose and how much is likely to be accomplished on a given issue given the political climate.

The district could initiate a referendum issue asking voters to approve such a bond issue, Muno said, but approval is unlikely in the current economic climate.

Nuttall does this well personally, ridiculing Labour for obsessing about issues like climate change and Palestine when their core voters care about immigration, the NHS and jobs.

Kaine will try to score points with millennial voters on issues like climate change and student debt, and with moderate independents on infrastructure and campaign finance reform, while addressing Hispanic concerns on immigration and health care.

President Obama's landmark agreement with China to cut greenhouse gas pollution is a bet by the president and Democrats that on the issue of climate change, American voters are far ahead of Washington's warring factions and that the environment will be a winning cause in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Farron has said the three issues he wants to own are housing, civil liberties and climate change — touchstone issues for Lib Dem activists, but there's an open question about how far they will resonate with the wider public, especially an ageing electorate, with over-55s expected to comprise a majority of voters by 2020.

Walley said the government's failure to embrace climate change was behind British voters» relative indifference towards the issue.

«With or without Peralta, we will assemble on June 26th to discuss the range of issues at stake on the state level, including public school funding, health care, women's health care, immigrants» rights, sanctuary state, Dream Act, LGBT rights, voter reform, criminal justice reform, and climate change reforms,» organizers wrote in a press release.

On some key issues, New York voters overwhelmingly (by more than three to one) back a party to citizenship for those who are here illegally, and also believe that climate change is a significant threat to the planet.

Siena College poll shows Hillary Clinton losing some ground to Donald Trump in their shared home state of NY, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer widening his lead over his little - known challenger, Wendy Long, and voters» opinions on key issues from gun control to climate change.

«That's a huge wedge issue,» Steyer said of young voters» concern about climate change.

«The question is, how useful is highlighting the [climate] issue to pull some of these swing voters over with him?»

Climate change is not an issue that would generally determine a voter's choice, but it could influence it.

The number of conservative voters who believe in climate change has almost doubled in the past two years, according to a new poll that attributes the rise in part to a lessening hostility toward the issue by Republican leaders.

Gun violence, climate change, abortion, voter fraud, and surveillance are just a few of the issues addressed in Reyes's series of fourteen Doomocracy scenarios.

· Among these climate change issue voters, large majorities believe global warming is happening and support action by the U.S. to reduce global warming, even if it has economic costs.

It's not surprising that the first substantive energy exchange between the two candidates dealt with gas prices, given — as a national poll by the University of Texas just found — that this is by far the most pressing energy issue on voters» minds (to the consternation of climate hawks).

And no surprise that the Washington Post runs front - page articles like «Climate Is a Risky Issue for Democrats,» or that Pew polls continue to find global warming ranking nearly dead last out of the top 20 voter priorities.

(Although I wonder whether that same lack of response means that those voters simply aren't interested in the climate issue, whatever the «solution»?)

The «deniers» in the first group are completely irrelevant here; at least in the U.S., climate change is not an issue that drives voters.

This could provide a clue as to why so many MPs, Conservatives especially, are able to be markedly more sceptical on climate change than the electorate — if voters are not telling them it is an issue they care about, they may be more likely to follow their own inclinations or be swayed by lobbyists.

That's thrown the future of US climate policy into some doubt, as Republican voters and politicians are generally less concerned about the issue than their Democrat colleagues.

2016 Candidate Series: Leadership from a state's governor is critical to setting the tone for energy policies, like REPS, and this blog series aims to inform voters on the policy stances regarding energy and climate issues that face North Carolina.

On the other hand, one assumes that California is imposing this solar panel mandate because California voters think climate change is a serious issue that policymakers ought to do something about.

Therefore, the signatories hereto repudiate the letter issued by the 375 activists as reflecting not scientific truth but quasi-religious dogma and totalitarian error; we urge the voters to disregard that regrettable and anti-scientific letter; and we invite every citizen to make up his or her own mind whom to elect to the nation's highest office without fear of the multifarious bugaboos conjured into terrifying but scientifically unjustifiable existence by the totalitarian activists who have for decades so disrespected, disgraced and disfigured climate science.

Better yet would be to debate an energy policy for the USA, including opening up exploratory oil and gas drilling including shale deposits, limiting the exponential growth of regulations currently stifling new exploration, ending the EPA regulatory war on coal, reactivating the Keystone pipeline, etc.; these issues have direct impact on American jobs and future energy independence, both of which are more important issues for US voters (and presidential candidates) than any «climate» debate.

The strategy is to divide conservative candidates and moderate voters; framing conservatives as standing on the morally wrong side of the climate change issue; as they have been portrayed in the gay marriage and Civil Rights debates.9 The NextGen campaign applies a master narrative that is adapted to each state, emphasizing that climate change poses a serious threat to the economy, public health, and children, and that if a candidate doesn't believe in climate change, they can't be trusted.

Dyson, himself a longstanding Democrat voter, is especially disappointed by his chosen party's unscientific stance on the climate change issue.

Are they listening to the voters who rate climate dead last as an issue and employment and wages at the top?

In fact, three quarters of voters of color surveyed said that they have become more interested in climate issues over the past several years and are paying closer attention to new information.

It's the hope that those people — especially younger voters — who rank climate change high on their issues list will warm to Gore's pointed rhetoric and get motivated to do things like, you know, vote.

Unlike previous elections, climate has received significant discussion during the primary campaign and is another issue that voters may want to carefully consider when they vote next November.

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Everyone gets to say whatever they want, and in November 2012, the U.S. voters will vote for the politicians who best reflect their opinions of what climate policy (among other issues) should be.

«An overwhelming 83 % of voters want the prime minister to challenge the US president on the issue amid record public acceptance that climate change is a reality.»

Its divided political landscape — plus its sheer size — make Florida a good microcosm of voters» views on climate issues across the country, according to Barry Rabe, an expert on the politics of climate change at the University of Michigan and a fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Though nearly 84 percent of Floridians believe the climate is changing, according to a Stanford University poll, the issue ranks low among voters who put much higher priority on the state's economy and education.

At the end of the event we asked Mr. Rogers why Duke Energy continues to support climate science denial (an obviously global and critical issue facing us today) and voter suppression by funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), especially since Duke's policies seem to oppose such efforts.

The results also suggests that most voters recognize that climate change is an important issue — even if they don't seem to grasp how much of a problem it is.

While this blog is not meant to be a comprehensive assessment of Mr. Trump's stance on energy policies, we hope it provides a general overview for evaluating where Mr. Trump may stand on issues of interest to energy - focused voters: coal, climate change, renewables, efficiency, natural gas, nuclear and drilling.

While this blog is not meant to be a comprehensive assessment of Dr. Jill Stein's stance on energy issues, we hope it provides a general overview for evaluating where she may stand on issues of interest to energy - focused voters: coal, climate change, renewables, efficiency, natural gas, nuclear and drilling.

The survey, which was conducted in nine battleground states and surveyed registered voters of color including African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans, found that many voters of color feel climate disruption is a prominent issue that can not and will not wait for action in the distant future.

Craig, The claim was made earlier that voters in the U.S. felt that climate change was either very important or the most important issues facing our country.

An early payoff of the savvy reinvestment of fossil - fuel profits in public disinformation, was to persuade receptive US voters that AGW is a partisan «environmental» issue, rather than an economic Tragedy of the climate Commons; IOW, a looming diseconomy affecting literally everyone on Earth one way or another.

The significance of the latest findings, notes Ed Maibach of the George Mason Center for Climate Change Communication, is that «on issues related to energy and climate change, the Republican leadership may be out of step with a significant portion of their base and other relevant voters.Climate Change Communication, is that «on issues related to energy and climate change, the Republican leadership may be out of step with a significant portion of their base and other relevant voters.climate change, the Republican leadership may be out of step with a significant portion of their base and other relevant voters.»

So theoretically, a cost / benefit analysis based on this data would yield a conclusion that goes something like this: since there are more «pro-climate issues voters» than ardent climate naysayer voters — even amongst registered Republican voters — and politicians would come out on top if they vocalized a platform that included climate solutions.