Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Stanford researchers examine impact of 'green politics' on recent national elections

According to the website, political candidate's electoral victory or defeat is influenced by his or her stance on climate change policy. According to new Stanford University studies which were based on some of the most recent presidential and congressional elections. "These studies are a coordinated effort looking at whether candidates' statements on climate change translated into real votes," said Jon Krosnick, professor of communication and of political science at Stanford, who led two new studies one of the 2008 presidential election and one of the 2010 congressional elections. According to the studies people prefer a greener canidate. Wich would be ovious because nobody wants a president who does not care about the enviornment. This is a good thing for the enviornment because that means that people are looking for ways to help the enviornment.

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