This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls - including lots of new polling on climate and the environment as issues in this year’s election, new polling of Latino voters, new polling about conservation in the states that touch the Mississippi River, and new polling about clean energy infrastructure siting in California.

HEADLINES

ecoAmerica – Most Americans say that they’ll vote for leaders who will prioritize climate change solutions [Report, Crosstabs]

Reuters/Ipsos – Climate change is one of VP Harris’s biggest issue strengths over Trump, including among Latino voters [Article, Topline]

[Latino Voters] Climate Power En Acción + Data for Progress – Nearly two-thirds of Latino voters prefer a president who prioritizes climate action over one who prioritizes oil and gas; Latino voters widely agree that extreme weather is becoming worse because of climate change and increasing their utility bills [Release, Crosstabs]

Hispanic Access Foundation – Voters in Mississippi River states see pollution of the river as a very serious problem; voters, and Latino voters in particular, overwhelmingly want elected officials to prioritize the protection of public lands and waters over fossil fuel development [Release, Deck, Topline, Latino Voter Topline]

[California] Data for Progress – Californians overwhelmingly support new clean energy infrastructure in their areas, and widely recognize that building new infrastructure is too difficult in the state [Memo, Crosstabs]

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Pro-climate stances continue to bring clear electoral advantages this year. ecoAmerica finds that Americans, by a two-to-one margin (59%-28%), say that they will vote for leaders who will prioritize climate change solutions. And Climate Power En Acción and Data for Progress find that nearly two-thirds of Latino voters (65%) say that we need a president who will make addressing climate change and extreme weather a key priority.

Latino voters are unified in their pro-climate and pro-environment views. While Latino voters are often touted as a critical swing audience, on the whole they are decidedly on one side of the debate over climate change and the environment. In addition to finding that Latino voters overwhelmingly want the president to prioritize climate action, Climate Power En Acción and Data for Progress find that large majorities of Latino voters are concerned about air and water pollution (83%) and blame climate change for the increased frequency of extreme weather (72%).

GOOD DATA POINTS TO HIGHLIGHT

• [Climate Change + Elections] 59% of Americans say that they will vote for leaders who will prioritize climate change solutions [ecoAmerica]
• [Clean Energy] 80% of Americans agree that “everyone has a right to clean energy that does not pollute the air or water” [ecoAmerica]
• [Climate Change] 78% of Americans agree that “we have a moral responsibility to create a safe and healthy climate for ourselves and our children” [ecoAmerica]
• [Climate Action] 64% of Americans agree that “investing in solutions to climate change will benefit American communities and make our country stronger” [ecoAmerica]
• [Latino Voters] 83% of Latino voters are concerned about air and water pollution, including 49% who are “very concerned” about it [Climate Power En Acción + Data for Progress]
• [Latino Voters] 78% of Latino voters are concerned about climate change, including 46% who are “very concerned” about it [Climate Power En Acción + Data for Progress]
• [Latino Voters] 65% of Latino voters agree that “we need a president who is committed to addressing climate change and extreme weather and who will make it a key priority of their policy agenda” [Climate Power En Acción + Data for Progress]
• [Latino Voters] 67% of Latino voters agree that extreme weather events are increasing in frequency, and 72% attribute them to climate change [Climate Power En Acción + Data for Progress]
• [Mississippi River] 55% of voters in the ten states that the Mississippi River runs through say that pollution of the river is a “very serious problem,” and 56% say it should be a “very high priority” for their state to take action to restore the Mississippi River [Hispanic Access Foundation]
• [California] 82% of Californians support building new clean infrastructure projects in their communities [Data for Progress]