Waiting to be impressed by the candidates — and the media
Thursday, May 8th, 2008The Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP) recently completed the first of four polls it has commissioned from Harris Interactive to track public opinion about the presidential candidates and global climate change.
The results so far (here): Nearly half of the people likely to vote in the presidential election aren’t sure which of the candidates has the strongest policy. Twenty-two percent think it’s Obama; 21 percent think it’s Clinton; and 8 percent think it’s McCain. Forty-nine percent have no idea.
In other words, a big part of the voting population is waiting to be impressed. Their votes are a prize waiting to be won.
It’s not that the “don’t knows” are indifferent to the issue. The poll found that 63 percent of likely voters believe it’s important for the next president to address climate change soon after taking office. Forty-one percent believe that presidential action is “extremely” or “very” important.
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