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Poll: Young Voters Want Biden to Act on Climate and Fossil Fuel Industry Accountability
Cassidy DiPaola. Data for Progress

Young voters are deeply concerned about climate change and don’t think Biden is doing enough to address it. The poll finds that over three-quarters of young voters aged 18-29 (77%) are “very” or “somewhat” concerned about climate change, including 59% of young Republican voters, but young voters don’t believe that Biden shares their urgency to address the problem. Most young voters (56%), including majorities of young voters of every partisan affiliation, say that Biden is not doing enough to address climate change. Just 20% believe he is doing the “right amount” and only 11% say he is doing “too much” on climate. The poll also finds that proposals for Biden to hold fossil fuel companies more accountable for their pollution, including for the particular harm they’re doing to disadvantaged communities, resonate with young voters: By a 63%-24% margin, young voters support “the Biden administration making oil and gas corporations pay for initiatives to reduce their polluting activities”; By a 61%-26% margin, young voters support “President Biden using his presidential authority to issue regulations to prevent pollution from the fossil fuel industry in low-income communities, communities of color, and other disadvantaged communities.”