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Poll: Democratic Win Reflects National "Awakening" to Climate Crisis

By Ross Gelbspan
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Half of Americans who voted in the mid-term elections said concern about global warming made a difference in who they voted for on Election Day 2006, according to a recent Zogby International post-election survey.

Eighty-five percent of these voters who felt global warming was important cast their votes for Democratic Congressional candidates, including 48 percent of Independents and 7 percent of Republicans.

By Ross Gelbspan

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