The questions not asked in the poll: have you transitioned away from using fossil fuels yourself, and, if not, why? The responses could be
- Yes – 1%
- No, because it is too hard and would screw with my life and this should apply to Other People – 57%
- No, see, Trump is a Orange Man Bad and screeeeeeeeeeeee! – 42%
Anyhow
The majority of people think that time is running out to tackle the climate crisis, according to a sweeping poll shared exclusively with The Independent.
In the survey of 5,500 people across the US last month, 54 per cent either strongly or partially agreed that the window was rapidly close on our ability to prevent more devastating consequences as a result of global heating.
Climate change is considered by Americans the second most important issue facing the world, topped only by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the poll conducted by HOPE not Hate (Hnh), an anti-extremism non-profit.
We can totally trust this hardcore leftist group’s polling, right?
The issue is most palpable among supporters of Joe Biden with 73 per cent agreeing that tackling the climate crisis an urgent issue. The Democratic presidential candidate has called climate change an “existential threat to humanityâ€.
President Trump’s supporters are split: Some 37 per cent agree that we are running out of time to tackle climate change while the same percentage disagree.
However the US poll also found that a significant number of Americans are climate change deniers.
One in five people strongly dismiss the notion that humans are contributing to global warming, while another 19 per cent somewhat believe it is the case.
Yet, how many of those 73% of Biden voters do more in their own lives than change a few light bulbs? And then a separate poll, for which they do not provide a link
The polling, conducted by JL Partners for The Independent, found that 42 per cent of people agree, and “strongly†agree, with transitioning away from fossil fuels.
Some 26 per cent of people said they were unsure of how to answer, while 8 per cent agreed with neither.
The poll, of 1,002 people from 26-28th October, also revealed that 22 per cent disagree, or “strongly†disagree, with transitioning away from oil and gas.
I’d love to see the party affiliation breakdown, but, let’s face it, you know that a majority of that 42 percent are Harris/Biden voters, who refuse to give up their own use of fossil fuels in their own lives. However, let’s give the Harris/Biden voters some credit, they aren’t using much in the way of fossil fuels to drive to Biden events
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 28, 2020
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