I’m sure that by now everybody has heard about how it is that ‘climate change’ now represents the next great danger to be not only endured by human kind, but actually caused by we humans. Greater even than the threat posed by radical Muslim terrorists, Ebola, a nuclear Iran, a Russia gone rouge, and the growing military threat we face from a increasingly hostile Red China.
But despite this administration’s best efforts to convince us all that we are bringing about our own demise, and of the importance of dealing with ‘climate change’ sooner rather than later, the issue remains at the bottom of a list of 13 concerns that are most pressing for registered U.S. voters as they relate to next month’s midterm elections, according to a recent Gallup poll.
Because, thus far, the ‘Chicken Littles’ have been able to convince less than half of us that ‘climate change’ is really something that we need be very worried about. And it’s according to this recent Gallup survey that we see only 40 percent of respondents actually identified ‘climate change’ as being either "very important" or "extremely important" to their votes.
By contrast the list was topped by the economy, at 88 percent, followed by the availability of good jobs, at 86 percent, the way the federal government is working, at 81 percent, and Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria, at 78 percent. And funny thing, but it’s all of these things that Democrats, and especially Barry, have had some hand in screwing up so badly.
Next on the list of what registered voters view as being very or extremely important to their vote were the issues of equal pay for women, at 75 percent, the federal budget deficit, at 73 percent, foreign affairs, at 69 percent and taxes, at 69 percent. I wonder how many of these folks realize that Barry pays the women who work for him less than he pays the men? Just sayin’.
And still further down on this very same list of important issues came immigration, with 65 percent of respondents seeing it as important, Obamacare, at 64 percent, income and wealth distribution in the U.S., at 64 percent, abortion and access to contraception, at 50 percent, and then finally way down on the bottom and coming in at 40 percent, comes climate change.
Which I’m quite sure came as being quite the disappointment to John Kerry-Heinz who has spearheaded the administration’s effort on the issue and who is a longtime global warming campaigner. And in what was, I guess, an effort to convince people of the importance of this issue, Kerry-Heinz has called it "the most serious challenge we face on the planet."
Barry unveiled his Climate Action Plan in June 2013, introducing limits on carbon emissions from new and existing power plants and measures to raise energy efficiency standards. Kerry-Heinz says he unfailingly brings up the topic with foreign counterparts in meetings at home and around the world, and on the sidelines of high-level U.N. meetings in New York.
High on the administration’s agenda is a U.N. megaconference planned in Paris, France late next year, where leaders are meant to adopt a new global agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The Gallup poll suggests that the administration faces an uphill battle in getting Americans to ascribe the level of urgency to the issue that it does.
And with the midterm elections now essentially just around the corner, the poll also sought to examine which party stands to benefit the most from the respective levels of importance voters give to the 13 issues. And in so doing, respondents were asked whether they think Republicans or Democrats in Congress would do a better job of dealing with each.
On five of the six issues viewed as most important, Gallup found that Republicans hold leads over Democrats ranging in size from significant to small – the federal budget deficit (a 20-point GOP advantage), Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria (19 points), the economy (11 points), how the federal government is working (8 points), and the availability of good jobs (1 point).
Republicans also held the advantage over Democrats in foreign affairs (13 points), taxes (10 points) and immigration (5 points). The area of greatest strength for Democrats in Congress, the pollsters found, was that of equal pay for women (a 38-point advantage). Which is ironic, since many Democrats, including Barry, pay the women who work for them far less than they pay the men.
Democrats also scored well on the two issues which respondents indicated were least important to their vote in November, abortion and access to contraception (13 points), and climate change (20 points). On the remaining two issues, income and wealth distribution and Obamacare, Democrats held advantages of 2 and 10 points respectively.
So, how much of this really matters? And does this most recent survey provide us with any amount of insight regarding how it is that we can expect people to vote come this November? To be perfectly honest, I have no idea. I gave up trying to figure out the American electorate a long time ago. It seems that they say one thing and vote another.
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