{"id":1572096,"date":"2022-07-26T16:50:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T20:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1572096"},"modified":"2022-07-26T16:50:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T20:50:31","slug":"as-dems-go-all-in-on-climate-change-literally-1-percent-of-americans-call-it-top-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-dems-go-all-in-on-climate-change-literally-1-percent-of-americans-call-it-top-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"As Dems Go All In On Climate Change, Literally 1 Percent Of Americans Call It Top Concern"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fas-dems-go-all-in-on-climate-change-literally-1-percent-of-americans-call-it-top-concern%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1572096&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a New York Times\/Sienna College Research Institute <a href=\"https:\/\/int.nyt.com\/data\/documenttools\/us0722-crosstabs-nyt071122\/33ffa85627ee4648\/full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poll<\/a> this month, only 1 percent of participants said that the most important problem facing the country today is climate change. Twenty percent of those polled, the highest percentage, said that the economy (including jobs and the stock market) was the greatest problem, and 15 percent said that inflation and the cost of living were their greatest concern. <\/p>\n<p>Republicans were the demographic most likely to name the economy as their top priority, at 29 percent, with Hispanics right behind them at 28 percent. In comparison, exactly 0 percent of Hispanics said that climate change was at the top of their list of pressing problems. These numbers grow in significance when you consider that major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/07\/weather\/excessive-heat-us-south\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">heat waves<\/a> had just struck much of the country around the time the poll was conducted. <\/p>\n<p>Ten days after finishing the poll, The New York Times commented on these numbers, displaying some confusion at such low numbers of the public\u2019s concern for an issue they describe as widespread and catastrophic. \u201cEven among voters under 30, the group thought to be most energized by the issue,\u201d the Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/17\/us\/politics\/climate-change-manchin-biden.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, \u201cthat figure was 3 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their only explanation was that people are distracted from significant issues like climate change by the daily economic issues that eat into their pocketbooks. The Times quoted former Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo from South Florida, saying, \u201cIn healthier economic times, it\u2019s easier to focus on issues like this [climate change]. Once people get desperate, all that goes out the window.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Despite spending the entire first half of the article outlining a supposed \u201cclimate crisis\u201d occurring throughout the country, the Times quoted Curbelo noting that these crises are not things that \u201cmost people\u201d face every day, while issues like inflation are readily apparent to anyone who pulls up to the gas pump. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Beth Whitehead is an intern at The Federalist and a journalism major at Patrick Henry College where she fondly excuses the excess amount of coffee she drinks as an occupational hazard.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-comments mt-30 mt-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-comments-container d-flex flex-column align-items-center py-30\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"110\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fdrlst-mark.svg\" class=\"img-fluid mb-20\" alt=\"The Federalist logo eagle mark\" \/>    <\/p>\n<p>Unlock commenting by joining the Federalist Community.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/plans\/pricing\/\" class=\"btn btn-on-white\">Subscribe<\/a>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a New York Times\/Sienna College Research Institute poll this month, only 1 percent of participants said that the most important problem facing the country today is climate change. 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