Most in Florida support candidates who fight climate change: Survey

A majority of Floridians said they would prefer political candidates who back action on climate change, according to a Florida Atlantic University survey released Tuesday. The poll, conducted before hurricanes Helene and Milton made landfall in the Sunshine State, found that 52 percent of respondents said they supported candidates who would address the issue. Pollsters found a partisan split, with 74 percent of Democrats answering in the affirmative versus 35 percent of Republicans and 39 percent of unaffiliated respondents. Without the electoral question, pollsters found supermajority support for climate action,...