Originally Published in The Daily Mail.
By JON MICHAEL RAASCH, POLITICAL REPORTER IN WASHINGTON, D.C., FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 14:47 EST, 26 February 2024 | UPDATED: 14:47 EST, 26 February 2024
- President Joe Biden called climate change an ’existential threat’ last week
- Despite U.S. facing nuclear threat from Putin, Biden said climate is top concern
- Poll found over half of young voters would not pay more than $10 a month on climate
- And 20% of 18 to 24 year olds say they would pay nothing on climate change
Nearly half of all young voters are not willing to pay more than $10 a month to fight climate change, despite Joe Biden claiming it’s an ’existential threat’ and making it the center of his re-election campaign.
Less than half (45%) of the youngest crop of voters aged 18-34 would be willing to spend $10 or less per month to combat climate change, according to a recent survey by CRC Research for 85 Fund obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com.
And one out of five (20%) in the same age bracket responded that they would not pay anything at all, according to the poll results.
‘With 60% of Americans unwilling to spend more than $0 to $10 per month to reduce the impact of climate change, these results should serve as a wake-up call,’ CEO of American Energy Institute Jason Isaac said in a statement to DailyMail.com.
‘The American people are sending a clear message: they don’t want to foot the bill for Biden’s kooky and costly climate policies.’
On his first day in office, President Biden rejoined the Paris climate agreement after former President Trump left the deal.
A week later, Biden also created the first-ever National Climate Task Force.
Further, one of Biden’s crowning policy achievements, the Inflation Reduction Act, approved nearly half a trillion dollars for climate and healthcare initiatives.
Still, climate activists say he is not doing enough.