President Joe Biden has repeatedly bragged about all he's done to fight climate change but a shocking new poll from the Wall Street Journal shows voters don't care.
Climate change is at the bottom of the list when voters are asked about their priorities, including for young voters whom the Biden administration is courting and who they see as a prime target for caring about the issue.
Biden has approved $1 trillion to fight climate change in the form of tax credits, grants and loans for clean energy. He has pushed new regulations to increase the number of electronic vehicles on the road and he's returned the U.S. to the Paris Climate Accord.
But voters say immigration (25%), the economy (22%) and inflation (13%) are their top concerns. Climate change comes in at the very bottom with only 2%.
Even young voters think other issues are more important than the environment.
The Journal poll, which surveyed voters in seven swing states in March, found that just 3% of 18-to-34-year-old voters named climate change as their top issue, with most also listing the economy, inflation or immigration at the top.
The Biden administration argues climate change is an economic issue and funding the fight against it will create new jobs. They are pushing that message ahead of the 2024 election.
In contrast, Biden's Republican rival Donald Trump has dismissed any concerns about climate change.
The former president has criticized subsidies for electric cars while promising to increase domestic production of oil and gas.
Biden is making a greater push for EV ownership but Americans are losing interest.
Last year, 55% of Americans said they were considering an EV purchase, but that figure has declined to 44% according to a March Gallup poll.
The auto union also has been cautious about Biden's push, wanting protections for workers and help transitioning them to producing the new vehicles.
President Joe Biden and his administration argue climate change is a jobs' issue
Biden has made a big push to get more electronic vehicles (like the one above) on the road
Last month, Biden announced a new regulation to ensure the majority of new vehicles sold in the U.S. are all-electric or hybrids by 2032.
Last year 1.2 million electric vehicles were sold but they made up just 7.6 percent of total U.S. car sales, far from the 56 percent target under the new regulation.
An additional 16 percent of new cars sold would be hybrids.
Republicans promptly labeled the move Biden's 'car ban.'
And a Pew Research Poll last year found that 59% of U.S. adults opposed phasing out new gasoline vehicles by 2035, an increase from 51% in 2021.