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This is an Important Issue for CBS News

Most Coloradans believe in climate change. So, why do some vote for climate change deniers?

With less than two months before the November election, a CBS News poll shows Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are tied in the battleground states.

While climate change is not the top issue for most voters, research out of the University of Colorado Boulder finds it could be a significant factor in the race. CU’s Center for Environmental Futures found a quarter of Republicans, who think climate change is very important, voted for President Biden in 2020, likely swinging the election.

But, in some parts of Colorado, voters’ views on the issue aren’t black and white. (snip)

Much of the Eastern Plains is in Congressional District 4 where — according to statistical modeling by Yale University — 63% of residents are worried about global warming and nearly 59% want Congress and the president to do more to address it. Yet, former President Donald Trump — who has called climate change a “hoax” — won CD4 by 23 points in 2016 and 15 points in 2020, and the district hasn’t voted a Democrat into Congress for 16 years. It’s one of the reasons Rep. Lauren Boebert switched to the district.

Yale’s research shows that — for a majority of people in CD4 — a candidate’s views on global warming are important to their vote. Three-fourths would support regulating carbon dioxide and two-thirds believe clean energy should be a priority for Congress, efforts Boebert opposes.

But while she is a climate denier, Arnusch, a climate believer, says he will likely vote for her.

“Climate is certainly important but it’s not my top priority. When I have that ballot sitting on my table and I’m trying to decide which way to vote — whether it’s a candidate or a ballot measure, which we vote on often in this state — I think about how this is going to affect my farm, how this is going to affect my family.

And there it is: even for most Warmists Doing Something about the climate crisis scam is important in theory, not in practice. Real world issues, like the economy, making sure energy, including fossil fuels, are abundant, inexpensive, and available, and seeing their communities overrun with migrants, including Venezuelan gang members, is way more important in Reality Land. Warmists, again, rarely make changes in their own lives, and aren’t too enthused to vote for candidates who will impose more taxes/fees, jack up their cost of living, and restrict their freedom.

And this drives the Elites, and those who think they are Elites, nuts. 30+ years of spreading awareness, of indoctrination, and they just cannot force those stupid peasants to cooperate.