I was surprised that Byron’s post didn’t feature any numbers for Global Warming featuring among the Democrats’ choice for most important issue, so I had a look at the figures myself. The reason why is because even partisan Democrats aren’t particularly excited by it.

In Iowa, a state where ethanol and energy are important issues, too few Democrats to register mentioned global warming as the most important issue in determining their choice of candidate. Taking the top two issues together, 4-percent said the Environment, 3-percent said Energy/Ethanol and 2-percent global warming. There may be some overlap between these groups, so it is impossible to add these up even to 9-percent.

Remember – that’s the Democrats. Now admittedly, this is from a midwest state but the figures for environmentally “aware” New Hampshire aren’t much different. In the latest CNN poll there, just 4-percent of Democrats make it their #1 issue, with 3-percent their #2 (an additional 5-percent named it their #3 issue, something that wasn’t asked in the Iowa poll).

In South Carolina, a Winthrop University poll in October found just 0.8-percent of Democrats mentioning the Environment as their most important issue – lower (though meaninglessly so) than the 1-percent of Republicans!

Obviously, the pressure groups will just have to spend millions more in ‘raising awareness.’