John Kerry Is Dead Wrong on Global Warming’s Role in the Midterms

Key Takeaways

Kerry’s climate-mandate claim clashes with voters’ priorities, raising questions about Democrats’ reading of their victory.

Poll after poll shows global warming collapsing as a political priority, in America and abroad, no matter what certain over-the-hill Democrats might have you believe.

This past week, former Democratic presidential nominee, secretary of state, and presidential envoy for climate falsely declared that Blue America’s electoral victory in the recent midterms showed that Americans voted mostly to stop global warming. “This, I promise you, is a transition that the world wants, and no greater manifestation can be seen than the fact that one week ago in the United States people made climate change and its exigencies a voting issue,” Kerry said at the United Nations Climate Change Conference 31 (COP 31) in Turkey. “At every level of the ballot, from Congress to Governors mansions and other statewide offices, Americans did vote for clean affordable energy and they also voted for clean governance.”

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Andrew Follett

Andrew Follett conducts research analysis for a nonprofit in the Washington, D.C., area. He previously worked as a space and science reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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Key Takeaways

Kerry’s climate-mandate claim clashes with voters’ priorities, raising questions about Democrats’ reading of their victory.
Declining climate salience challenges the political case for costly green subsidies.
Waning youth interest threatens environmentalism’s claim to speak for the next generation.

Poll after poll shows global warming collapsing as a political priority, in America and abroad, no matter what certain over-the-hill Democrats might have you believe.

This past week, former Democratic presidential nominee, secretary of state, and presidential envoy for climate falsely declared that Blue America’s electoral victory in the recent midterms showed that Americans voted mostly to stop global warming. “This, I promise you, is a transition that the world wants, and no greater manifestation can be seen than the fact that one week ago in the United States people made climate change and its exigencies a voting issue,” Kerry said at the United Nations Climate Change Conference 31 (COP 31) in Turkey. “At every level of the ballot, from Congress to Governors mansions and other statewide offices, Americans did vote for clean affordable energy and they also voted for clean governance.”

About the Author

Andrew Follett

Andrew Follett conducts research analysis for a nonprofit in the Washington, D.C., area. He previously worked as a space and science reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation.