Climate change is a defining issue for young voters. Neither Harris nor Trump are doing enough, they say.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : If Biden didn't drop out, Valles from Chicago Votes said he expected Trump to win by a historic margin as people of all ages disappointed in the system skipped the polls.
34% : Only 43% of Harris voters younger than 45 said their vote was in support of her rather than against Trump in a July poll.
29% : Horwitz, the 24-year-old Chicago native, hopes Harris will declare a climate emergency and invest in climate-resilient solutions but ultimately plans to vote for her no matter what because he views it as a vote against Trump.
19% : She began the American Conservation Coalition shortly after Trump called climate change "a hoax" to unite young Republicans who are also concerned about the environment.
19% : While neither wants to see Trump in the White House, they see no reason to give Harris a vote.
11% : Meanwhile, Trump has repeatedly denounced climate change as a "hoax" and his running mate JD Vance has called climate policies a "scam.

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