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58% of PA voters want to ban fracking, but don’t expect either candidate to bring it up.
And while most want to ban it:
Pennsylvania voters continue to be split over fracking. A poll out this week, which surveyed 700 likely voters in September, shows 58% support a ban on fracking while 42% oppose it.
Virtually all agree that it can’t continue the way it has been:
“Support for taking mitigating measures like regulation and enforcement is strong among all populations that we surveyed,” O’Leary said, “from Democrats and environmentalists on the left to hardcore Republicans on the right.”
Unfortunately for voters in PA, both candidates for president and their Senate seat are fully behind fracking.
Yet people are still scratching their heads like nothing can be done to motivate PA voters.
Based on, https://www.npr.org/2024/08/30/nx-s1-5096107/what-is-fracking-explained and https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/energy-execs-say-they-believe-vp-kamala-harris-is-indeed-open-fracking-2024-09-17/
It looks like Harris was against it before joining the Biden ticket + administration. Also it only gets buzz during election years. And sadly it also looks like going against the industry would be free cannon fodder for Trump.
Basically it’s not worth actually being a campaign issue, and no one actually cares about it outside of elections, so Harris is just taking a pass. Obviously Trump doesn’t give a shit and Harris doesn’t see it as worth the risk.
It’s a shitty situation to be in. On the plus side the numbers you mentioned mean it’s close to being unavoidable. Continuing to push is the way forward. Local politicians might also have better luck. Maybe it can get midterm traction.
On the plus side it doesn’t seem like Harris is throwing any Hail Mary’s, so she must be confident with the current strategy, and hopefully winning the state.
On a post about how important PA is…
And for the record, lots of people heard about her tie breaking vote in support of fracking 2 years ago.
Just because some people only care every 4 years, doesn’t mean that’s everyone else level of involvement
I loathe the idea that only a handful of states matter in this election. Instead of trying to appeal to the most people in this country, period, we have this ridiculous system where only a few people in a few states matter.
People living in California - their votes are just written off. Think of it: the state with the most people in it simply doesn’t count in our Presidential election. So very absurd.
One of the largest GDP in the world? Doesn’t matter what they think.
And think about it: if trump is elected, you’re now on his “to drone” list! Me too, bruh.
