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If So Many Americans Care About Climate, Why Don’t They Vote Like It? 11.2 million. That’s the number of Americans who rank climate as a their top priority but didn’t vote in the 2024 US elections (coveringclimatenow.org)

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[–] edible_funk@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago

US Americans are mostly fuck-ignorant, half of us are functionally illiterate, nevermind media or political literacy. Just look at this thread.

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