Climate Change at the Polls

By ANAND JAUREGUILORDA, age 10

PHOTO: Rob Boudon/Flickr
PHOTO: Rob Boudon/Flickr

The issue of climate change is changing the way Americans vote. According to the 2014 Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, voters in the United States are 2.5 times more likely to vote for presidential and congressional candidates who want to do something to reduce climate change. The study also showed that 26 percent of voters support campaigns that put pressure on politicians to address the issue of climate change.

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