Strong majorities of right-leaning and independent young voters would be more likely to vote for Republican candidates who acknowledge climate change and seek to address it through public policies, new polling says.
In addition, more than half of young right-leaning voters said climate change would sway their vote this election cycle, and even more, 77% say the issue was important to them. The Washington Examiner was given a first look at the results from the survey of 1,000 voters under the age of 35.
For the American Conservation Coalition, the group of young conservatives seeking to curb climate change who commissioned the poll, the numbers prove there’s plenty of room for Republican lawmakers in a policy arena that’s traditionally been dominated by Democrats.
And they say it raises the stakes for House Republicans as they work to put together and promote their own set of climate policies this year, in a bid to present a coherent, conservative approach to address global warming.
“Republicans are losing independent voters and young people on this issue. They already knew that,” said Benji Backer, president of the American Conservation Coalition. “This polling showcases they are losing the base on this issue, too.”
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