This Is Mainstream. Imagine if I told you last year, let alone 5 years ago, that a national poll would rank climate change as the most important issue for primary voters. That happened in the latest CNN poll, where 96% of respondents said it was very important. Climate change beat out healthcare and gun control in this poll. See the detail below and you can see the entire poll here.
The Counter Point. If climate change were the top issue, why is Governor Jay Inslee, who only talks about climate change, only polling at 1%? Is it purely a name ID issue and that he needs more people to hear him say the words?
The Counter Counter Point. The day before the poll went out, which was released prior to today on embargo (which means the press got it earlier), Beto O’Rourke released his $5trillion climate plan. While this is one poll, candidates are taking it seriously enough to lead with the issue.
Who’s Advising The Teams? I don’t know anyone in solar embedded with the teams and that worries me. There should be industry insight going into the campaigns and at the very least data being fed to the campaigns so they know our talking points. An example would be when President Obama used the Solar Market Insight data in the State of the Union speech.
- The Hill: Poll – Climate change is top issue for registered Democrats
- Vox: Beto O’Rourke now has the most robust climate proposal of any 2020 presidential candidate
- Axios: What Biden and Beto just told us about the 2020 climate fight
- New York Times: Tesla Looks to Regain Its Luster in Solar Energy by Slashing Prices
- Bloomberg: Goldman Sachs Calls a Bottom in Solar
- Greentech Media: Enphase Marks a Profitable Q1, as Microinverters, AC Modules and Batteries Gain Ground
- GreenBiz: The righteousness of the youth-led climate justice movement
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Have a great day!
Yann