New polling suggests climate change remains a low priority for American voters, according to a Breitbart analysis of recent survey data. The conservative outlet, citing far-left CNN’s review of the numbers, reported that climate change ranked 14th on the list of issues voters care about, with only three percent selecting it as a top concern.
The piece, written by John Nolte, argues that “normal people” have grown skeptical of climate alarmism after decades of predictions that have not materialized. Nolte points to a CNN poll showing that just 39 percent of respondents consider climate change a “very big problem”—a figure one point lower than a decade ago, despite what he calls “a gajillion fear-mongering media narratives.”
Belief in Human-Caused Warming Stalls
The Breitbart article also highlights that public belief in human-caused global warming has barely moved. In 2016, 45 percent believed humans are causing the Earth to warm; today, that number stands at 48 percent. Nolte interprets this as evidence that “decades of relentless climate hysteria have not even convinced a majority of the public.”
He contrasts the rhetoric of prominent climate advocates—including former President Barack Obama, CNN, and Bill Gates—with their personal choices, noting that these figures “move to the very coasts that they predict will be underwater in our lifetimes.” Nolte writes that “people who believe in Climate Change do not move to the coast,” calling out what he sees as hypocrisy.
Failed Predictions and the Great Barrier Reef
Nolte claims to have personally documented 54 failed environmental disaster predictions over the past 60 years, and he says that number has now climbed to 55. The latest addition, he writes, is the news that the Great Barrier Reef has experienced its best five years of growth on record—despite earlier warnings that it would be practically gone by 2022 if people did not change their lifestyles.
“Nope, not one doomsday prediction has come true,” Nolte asserts, adding that “a perfectly perfect record of 55 predictions has proven to be nothing more than hoaxes and bullshit.” He argues that after watching one expert prediction after another fail, voters are justified in questioning the next warning.
Analogy of the Comet Predictions
To illustrate his point, Nolte uses an analogy: if an expert warned that a comet would hit your house in two weeks, you might move the first time. But if the comet never hits, and the same expert returns to warn you about the new house, at what point do you stop believing? “No one has ever confused me with a genius,” he writes, “but I can sure as hell tell you I ain’t gonna move no 56 times.”
The article concludes that voters have “wised up” and no longer treat climate change as a pressing political issue, despite ongoing media coverage and advocacy from political figures and celebrities.
This reporting is based solely on the Breitbart article and does not include independent verification of the polling data or the claims about the Great Barrier Reef.
Source: www.breitbart.com — https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/08/13/nolte-polls-show-no-one-cares-about-climate-change/