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Most in US worry about global warming — but their votes tell a different story. (floodlightnews.org)
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Researchers say environmental issues are not top of mind for many voters because these days, ‘people have a lot of different worries’.

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[–] Australis13@fedia.io 17 points 6 months ago

It's probably the well-known disconnect between the speed of onset of a disaster and the perceived significance. Climate change is a slow-moving juggernaut and not always obviously connected to day-to-day life, so it takes a back seat to the problems that people face right now.

Of course, there's also Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - if one is struggling with the day-to-day necessities, they are hardly going to have the bandwidth to focus on more general issues (and as an aside, I have to wonder if this is also part of the political strategy in the US - you can't participate in activism if you're struggling to keep a roof over your head or food on the table each day).