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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1141898)	6/15/2019 9:28:14 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578704

Poll: GOP Worried Climate Denial turns off Young voters June 14, 2019 Frank Luntz is a well known Republican pollster, and author of a key road map from the early 2000s for Republican office holders on how to delay meaningful action on climate. So, yeah, he’s a monster. He has results to new polling data showing that even in the dim Fox-addled reaches of the GOP, climate has become an important issue, and one for which there is a popular solution. Above, PBS interview from 2007. The Hill: Prominent GOP pollster Frank Luntz is warning Republican lawmakers that the public’s views on climate change are shifting and that ignoring the issue could cost them important votes at the ballot box. In a memo circulated to Republican congressional offices on Wednesday, Luntz Global Partners warned that 58 percent of Americans, as well as 58 percent of GOP voters under the age of 40, are more concerned about climate change than they were just one year ago. The polling group also noted that 69 percent of GOP voters are concerned that the party’s stance on climate change is “hurting itself with younger votes.” Of the GOP voters under the age of 40, more than half, or 55 percent, said they are “very or extremely” concerned about their party’s position on climate change. “Climate Change is a GOP VULNERABILITY and a GOP OPPORTUNITY,” read a copy of the memo obtained by The Hill. “Yes, Republican voters want a solution. It is on measures of salience to vote that we have detected the greatest change.” “The appetite for seeing real action is palpable to voters of both sides,” the memo states. Referring to a listening session with likely voters, the memo said many are angered that GOP leadership “ceded the issue to the Dems.” “Typically, the most effective campaign approach is to build-out from the base. … Not here; there’s simply too much recognition that the politicking has blocked Progress,” the group said in the memo. Luntz Memo on Climate Strategy: I. *Climate Change is a GOP VULNERABILITY and a GOP OPPORTUNITY… Yes, Republican voters want a solution.* It is on measures of salience to vote that we have detected the greatest change. 58% of Americans – including 58% of GOP voters under 40 – are more concerned about climate change now than they were only one year ago. The appetite for seeing real action is palpable to voters of both sides. This underlying fact sets the stage for the country and defines the political landscape for climate change. 69% of GOP voters are concerned their party is ‘hurting itself with younger voters’ by its climate stance. Meanwhile, 55% of GOP voters under 40 are ‘very or extremely’ concerned about their party’s position on climate change. In the listening sessions, we heard real anger that leadership has ‘ceded the issue to the Dems.’ II. *In the age of ‘partisan divide,’ this is the ONE area where BI-PARTISANSHIP trumps everything else.* Typically, the most effective campaign approach is to build-out from the base… Not here; there’s simply too much recognition that the politicking has blocked progress. Even in our current political atmosphere, 80% of all American voters say it’s important for any national climate solution to be bipartisan. Americans across the country are looking to see real leadership that can spearhead a bipartisan solution to climate change. These feelings are set to carry to the ballot box. Most American voters (65%), including a majority of Republicans (53%), have said they would be more likely to support a candidate who supported Carbon Dividends. In other words, this plan – in stark contrast to the ‘Green New Deal’ – has significant, measurable impact on Vote. III. *Voters believe the U.S. must* change direction on climate policy.** The ‘political temperature’ on climate change has shifted – perhaps permanently. Three in four American voters want to see the government step in to limit carbon emissions – including a majority of Republicans (55%). Voters’ concerns simply aren’t being adequately addressed – by the president or Congress. Fully six out of ten of voters believe U.S. climate policy is headed pretty seriously off on the wrong track. And this INCREASES among swing voters… While both parties cling to strong support on their ‘core’ issues, if those should falter, environmental policy – and its influence on younger voters in particular – could prove decisive. IV. Voters – Republican and Democratic – support the Climate Leadership Council’s “Carbon Dividends Solution.” The Climate Leadership Council’s solution, called Carbon Dividends, was met with across-the-board support. The plan, which would charge carbon producers for their emissions and return that money directly to the American people, was met with voter support by 4-to-1 overall, and Republican support (overall more naturally skeptical towards carbon reduction) by 2-to-1. What is truly striking is the support for this plan among the younger voters. Under-40 GOP voters support the plan by more than 6-to-1. And for swing voters, under-40s support the plan by more than 8-to-1. V. *The transformative* element in this climate solution: Paying money back to the American people. As part of the climate policy, the Climate Leadership Council’s solution would return the money gathered from the fee charged to carbon producers directly back to the American people. To explore how Americans felt about this pillar of the plan, we listened to focus groups to hear directly from voters. When asked how they felt about paying this money back out to Americans, one GOP focus group participant summed the groups’ feelings: “It’s good for business, jobs… everybody gets something.”** – GOP Focus Group Participant GOP voters are on board with Carbon Dividends because they believe it will grow the economy, add jobs, help their pocketbooks, and make American businesses more competitive across the world. It’s this component that motivates Republicans to support candidates who will sign onto the Carbon Dividends Solution. *“Show us economically viable solutions, that it’s a serious problem, and that people are willing – across economic interests – to pitch in globally to do it, and I’m buyin’…”* – GOP Focus Group Participant climatecrocks.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1141898)	6/15/2019 9:40:52 AM
From: locogringo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578704

How stupid of me! Of course you are right and the Justice Department is wrong. DUH!! The memorandum from Assistant Attorney General Steven Engel, who heads the Office of Legal Counsel, supports the position already taken by the Treasury Department.