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(Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder & Executive Director of The Environmental Voter Project)
It’s a shocking statistic. Perhaps as many as 22 million Americans who list the environment and climate change as their #1 issue simply don’t vote. Yet they are registered voters. If even 5-10% of them did vote, it would massively change elections in a time of razor thin margins. Politicians would of necessity listen up. Bills would be passed. The climate discourse would push to the front page and to the opening clips on television.
So who are these people, why don’t they vote, and how do you get them off the couch and to the polls?
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