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Climate Big Issue in US Elections
The full implications of the American mid-term elections are only now coming to light. Overnight, new poll results were released showing that global warming helped propel the Democrats to victory in the mid-term elections.
The full implications of the American mid-term elections are only now coming to light. Overnight, new poll results were released showing that global warming helped propel the Democrats to victory in the mid-term elections.
John Zogby, a top American pollster employed by several major news services, released the results of a massive post-election poll of 19,356 adults.
Overall, half of voters from this year’s US mid-term elections said that global warming was an important issue in their vote. Of these voters, 85 percent voted for Democratic Congressional candidates. According to Mr Zogby, the polling revealed that “global warming was a sleeper issue that may have snuck up on politicians in close races.” The implications are clear. “Looking ahead,” he said, “politicians in both parties ignore this issue at their peril.”
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