My fellow Americans. Get off your asses and vote. In every election. Even in red areas. If we all get off our asses, we will generally win. Run for local office if you are able. Contact local officials and get them to take measures.
My fellow Americans. Get off your asses and vote. In every election. Even in red areas. If we all get off our asses, we will generally win. Run for local office if you are able. Contact local officials and get them to take measures.
I think this studies definition of support is flawed. Saying you support something without context on a poll doesn’t translate to actual support in actions or voting.
If you don’t vote, you don’t support climate policy.
If you vote for politicians (especially in primaries) that oppose climate policy, you don’t support climate policy.
They did provide context. The above text was from the methods section. Maybe I am missing something?
Some people who say they support those policies vote for people who don’t support those policies, others don’t vote at all. I’m saying they don’t actually support the policies based on their votes (or not voting).
Do you support climate policies such as ending car dependency, carbon taxes and, getting off of fossil fuels?
So you are saying the nature article is wrong because of voter turnout?
In a way, you are proving the articles point. Belief leads to action. GOP voters have a higher turnout because they think their vote matters. I think the left, particularly in red areas probably don’t turn out to vote because they don’t think it matters.
Well I’m in a red area and my vote didn’t matter for a decade until re-districting took place and made my district competitive again.
The article was saying a lot of GOP voters also support climate policy. I disagree for the reasons above.
They support the idea of those policies but don’t actually vote for them.
I get what you’re saying, but I feel like you’re kinda missing the point. The false social reality is actually a barrier to action. Obviously there’s exceptions, especially in this community, but generally speaking, people are less likely to take actions they believe are unpopular or “against the norm”. Social contract and all. And this goes double for politicians; they’re less likely to propose climate policies if they believe (albeit mistakenly) that they’ll be unpopular.
You can also bet that the plastic and fossil fuels industries know this and absolutely take advantage of it.