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Finally
Survey of Republican Voters Shows a Majority Believe in Climate Change
By CORAL DAVENPORT
SEPT. 28, 2015
WASHINGTON — A majority of Republicans — including 54 percent of self-described conservative Republicans — believe the world’s climate is changing and that mankind plays some role in the change, according to a new survey conducted by a trio of prominent Republican pollsters.
The results echo a number of other recent surveys concluding that, despite the talk of many of the party’s candidates, a significant number of Republicans and independent voters are inclined to support candidates who would back some form of climate action. It may also point to a problem facing Republicans seeking their party’s presidential nomination: The activists who crowd town hall meetings and Republican presidential caucuses and primaries might not reflect the broader attitude of even the Republican electorate.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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"It may also point to a problem facing Republicans seeking their party’s presidential nomination: The activists who crowd town hall meetings and Republican presidential caucuses and primaries might not reflect the broader attitude of even the Republican electorate."
This is a very interesting idea politically. As republican candidates push themselves ever rightward on climate, jobs, religion etc, are they shooting themselves in the foot?
The pundits go on breathlessly about the base, the base, the base, but are the nutty seeming people at town hall meetings really representative of the republican electorate? After all, The base hated McCain in 2007, and Romney in 2011, but both eventually won their party's nomination in 2008 and 2012.
The GOP seems to be bit more moderate when viewed on the national stage than it does when viewing the party by congressional district.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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