• Politics

Can We Know How Voters Truly View Climate Change?

• climate change
• climate voters
• Election 2020

by Natasha Lasky, ODP Contributing Writer,  and Miro Korenha A recent poll conducted by Quinnipac University of voter priorities in the 2020 election found that climate change ranked next-to-last. These results arrive hot on the heels of another poll the university released earlier this month, which showed that voters in Maine, South Carolina, and Kentucky […]

• Politics

Trump Talks Up His Environmental Record, Voters Aren’t Buying It

• 2020 Election
• climate voters
• Environmental Voter Project
• Joe Biden
• Trump

President Trump has unequivocally been the most destructive U.S. president for the environment. But shockingly, in recent weeks, he’s been boasting about his environmental record in an effort to win over two vital demographics: millennials and suburban women. On a recent press call he said “We have the cleanest air we’ve ever had, like over […]

• Politics

Voter Suppression on Full Display in Georgia

• climate voters
• Georgia
• Vote
• voter suppression

This drone footage shows a long line of voters waiting to cast ballots in Atlanta on Tuesday. Georgia election officials, poll workers and voters have reported major trouble with voting in Atlanta and elsewhere. Read the latest. https://t.co/wRnW8f5tng pic.twitter.com/BVU9J9CF79 — The New York Times (@nytimes) June 9, 2020 Polls closed in Georgia yesterday after voting delays […]

• Climate Change

Don’t Just Tweet, VOTE: The Real Lesson of Earth Day

• climate voters
• Earth Day
• Gaylord Nelson

Throughout the week our interviewees like John Kerry and John Podesta have reiterated that the most impactful thing we can do for our planet is VOTE. As we wrap up Earth Week we have to shift our focus to getting every eligible person we know to the polls–that’s the real work. Four more years of […]

• Politics

One Cool Thing: Al Gore Vows to Register Climate Voters

• 2020
• Al Gore
• climate change
• climate voters

I’m excited to launch a new voter registration campaign with @ClimateRealAF focused on engaging youth to vote on #climate this November. We start with a visit to @TexasSouthern tomorrow with my friend @DrBobBullard. https://t.co/omvFoSelxO — Al Gore (@algore) February 18, 2020 As Buzzfeed reported yesterday, former vice president Al Gore is launching a voter registration […]

• Politics

Young Voters Rank Climate #1 Voting Issue, Will the Political Parties Take Note?

• 2020
• climate voters
• GenZ
• Millennials

The issue that young American voters care about most is climate change, according to a new study by the Cause and Social Influence Initiative.

But are Democrats doing all that they can to convince these voters that their party will truly make climate action a priority?