Trump’s Frack Attack Against President-Elect Biden Fails in Pennsylvania Gas Counties

Biden not only won Pennsylvania overall, but — while Trump still won in areas with significant fracking operations — Biden improved on Clinton’s 2016 performance against Trump in eight of Pennsylvania’s top-10 gas-producing counties.

“Climate change as a voting issue has soared in the past five years particularly among Democrats and among independents,” Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale University Program on Climate Change Communication, told E&E.

“This absolutely was a crucial issue for constituencies he needed to carry him over the top: young people, Latino voters and suburban women, all of whom care more about climate change than other groups.”