Democrats’ Chicken Little routine has climate concerns falling

Published May 8, 2024 4:20pm ET



Fewer people are viewing climate change as a serious threat in the future, perhaps because climate activists and Democratic politicians keep telling everyone that the sky is falling.

According to a Monmouth poll, the share of people who think climate change is a “very serious” problem has dropped from 56% in 2021 to 46% in 2024. Contrary to Democratic talking points about how the youth want us to “save the planet” for their future, that drop is actually driven by the youngest demographic. The percentage of people between 18-34 years old that call the problem “very serious” dropped from 67% to 50%.

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