'Climate hushing' has swept the Democratic Party. New polling suggests it's a mistake.
grist.org
Climate change might not be voters' top priority, but new polling suggests that emphasizing it may actually boost support for candidates.
    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
      10·
      13 天前

      Quite a few states have not had their primary yet. Lots of opportunities to pick a different Democrat

  • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
    91·
    13 天前

    So this article has two sources, neither or which were readable on my device because of paywall or such.

    Is there any actual stats on how often the DNC talk about climate change?

    Even if you think they should talk more, their policy platform has very demonstably, through actions louder than words, been about green power, phasing out gas and coal, and empowering the EPA.

    EDIT: Thanks to a source provided by another commenter we can see the number of mentions largely haven’t changed by either party in over a decade. LINK HERE

      • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
        22·
        13 天前

        So your article source is the same as the second source in the article in the post.

        EDIT: No, sorry, my mistake, it just attempts to reproduce the data. Good source.

        Looking at the raw files it appears they mentioned it a fuckload of times, though.

          • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
            11·
            13 天前

            According to the data in the link, it was averaging 3 digits in 2021, almost a third of the current rate.

            • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
              31·
              13 天前

              Are you looking at absolute numbers or at fraction of press releases? Because there is a big difference between the two

              • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
                1·
                13 天前

                Oh okay, my apologies, clearly them mentioning climate change to the press 3 times as often is them refusing to talk about it at all. /sarcasm

  • quick_snail@feddit.nl
    4·
    13 天前

    It may not be a priority for Democratic voters, but it is a priority for the majority of voters.

    If you want to win votes and save lives, policy to mitigate the climate catastrophe better be in your top 5 priorities

  • philipp_@discuss.tchncs.de
    41·
    12 天前

    Not talking about it much before the election doesn’t mean not taking action after. It’s stupid but fight over policy comes after the election in the flawed democracy that the US are.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
      1·
      12 天前

      Not talking makes it a lot harder to take action. The Democratic party isn’t some autocracy; it’s really hard to get something to pass if you don’t talk about it first.