Is Climate Change a Democratic priority?

[Boomer]

3. You were right the first time

Those "surveys" are nothing more than fund-raising bait and I wouldn't take the list of priorities listed there as significant in any way. Your answers are not driving party priorities or policies; your answers are supposed to make you feel "involved" and thus more willing to donate money. It's just routine human engineering tactics used by PR designers.

As for how much of a priority it is for the party, the topic is often mentioned in speeches and raises a furrowed brow on the face of politicians who will willingly and publically confirm their belief in climate change. Is that enough for any kind of meaningful action in the face of rapidly escalating climate conditions? Not even close.

We don't have a government that can respond appropriately to such a difficult, complex and far-reaching issue. It would basically take an absolute dictator to force the necessary actions just to properly prepare for what is coming, much less to stop climate change (if that were possible, which is not likely at this point). We live in a representative democracy and that means that unpalatable actions are simply not going to get support from enough legislators to move forward.