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Polling suggests that the GOP risks turning off younger voters en masse by portraying the climate change plan as a socialist fantasy.
By LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ and ZACK COLMAN 05/03/2019 05:04 AM EDT Updated 05/03/2019 04:55 PM EDT
The GOP is seizing on the "Green New Deal" to demonize vulnerable Democrats in 2020 — but some Republicans warn it could do long-term damage to the party.
Though Republicans have ignored climate change in past elections, it’s now a key part of their 2020 strategy, especially in House races. They’re hoping to define the Green New Deal as an expensive socialist gambit dreamed up by liberal superstar Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that will ban cows and planes. Though mostly inaccurate, it's a portrayal they believe will scare independent voters in key districts.
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People march from the U.S. Capitol to the White House for the People's Climate Movement protesting President Donald Trump's environmental policies on April 29, 2017. | Astrid Riecken/Getty Images
2020 ELECTIONS
Republicans could have a Green New Deal problem
Polling suggests that the GOP risks turning off younger voters en masse by portraying the climate change plan as a socialist fantasy.
By LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ and ZACK COLMAN 05/03/2019 05:04 AM EDT Updated 05/03/2019 04:55 PM EDT
The GOP is seizing on the "Green New Deal" to demonize vulnerable Democrats in 2020 — but some Republicans warn it could do long-term damage to the party.
Though Republicans have ignored climate change in past elections, it’s now a key part of their 2020 strategy, especially in House races. They’re hoping to define the Green New Deal as an expensive socialist gambit dreamed up by liberal superstar Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that will ban cows and planes. Though mostly inaccurate, it's a portrayal they believe will scare independent voters in key districts.
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But the move could come at a cost: The near- and long-term loss of millennials and Generation Z voters, a growing slice of the electorate that wants federal climate change action to a greater degree than their elders. A recent Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics survey found 74 percent of likely general election voters under 30 disapprove of President Donald Trump’s climate change performance and 50 percent call climate change “a crisis” that “demands urgent action.” Another 25 percent called it “a problem.”
The data has Republican pollsters and current and former lawmakers warning that relentless mocking of the Green New Deal — but more critically, President Donald Trump’s dismissal of climate change as a hoax — could jeopardize the GOP’s ability to capture and cement a congressional majority.
www.politico.com/story/2019/05/03/republicans-climate-change-2020-1299883
By LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ and ZACK COLMAN 05/03/2019 05:04 AM EDT Updated 05/03/2019 04:55 PM EDT
The GOP is seizing on the "Green New Deal" to demonize vulnerable Democrats in 2020 — but some Republicans warn it could do long-term damage to the party.
Though Republicans have ignored climate change in past elections, it’s now a key part of their 2020 strategy, especially in House races. They’re hoping to define the Green New Deal as an expensive socialist gambit dreamed up by liberal superstar Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that will ban cows and planes. Though mostly inaccurate, it's a portrayal they believe will scare independent voters in key districts.
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People's Climate Movement protest
People march from the U.S. Capitol to the White House for the People's Climate Movement protesting President Donald Trump's environmental policies on April 29, 2017. | Astrid Riecken/Getty Images
2020 ELECTIONS
Republicans could have a Green New Deal problem
Polling suggests that the GOP risks turning off younger voters en masse by portraying the climate change plan as a socialist fantasy.
By LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ and ZACK COLMAN 05/03/2019 05:04 AM EDT Updated 05/03/2019 04:55 PM EDT
The GOP is seizing on the "Green New Deal" to demonize vulnerable Democrats in 2020 — but some Republicans warn it could do long-term damage to the party.
Though Republicans have ignored climate change in past elections, it’s now a key part of their 2020 strategy, especially in House races. They’re hoping to define the Green New Deal as an expensive socialist gambit dreamed up by liberal superstar Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that will ban cows and planes. Though mostly inaccurate, it's a portrayal they believe will scare independent voters in key districts.
Story Continued Below
But the move could come at a cost: The near- and long-term loss of millennials and Generation Z voters, a growing slice of the electorate that wants federal climate change action to a greater degree than their elders. A recent Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics survey found 74 percent of likely general election voters under 30 disapprove of President Donald Trump’s climate change performance and 50 percent call climate change “a crisis” that “demands urgent action.” Another 25 percent called it “a problem.”
The data has Republican pollsters and current and former lawmakers warning that relentless mocking of the Green New Deal — but more critically, President Donald Trump’s dismissal of climate change as a hoax — could jeopardize the GOP’s ability to capture and cement a congressional majority.
www.politico.com/story/2019/05/03/republicans-climate-change-2020-1299883