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Berita  —  Warm water in the Gulf of Mexico that was predicted by climate scientists to feed harsher hurricanes helped supercharge September’s Hurricane Helene.

That was before October’s monster storm, Milton, struck – the destruction of which will become clear in the days to come.

The science suggests Americans need to get used to more harsh weather events – extreme storms, warmer waters, wildfires and hotter weather.

Evacuations and destruction will become more normal.

In this case, two epic storms in two weeks.

But climate change, to the extent people are talking about it, does not register this year as an “extremely important” presidential campaign issue, per a new poll.

Far from the top issue In Gallup polling from late September, most of which was conducted just before Helene made landfall, registered voters were asked to rate the importance of 22 issues in this year’s election.

Just 5% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, along with slightly more than a third of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters, said climate change was “extremely” important to their vote.

Climate change and transgender rights were the only two of the 22 issues listed by Gallup that half or fewer of respondents said were either “extremely” or “very” important to their presidential vote choice.

An issue doesn’t have to be top of mind to be potent.

Transgender rights might not be the issue a majority of voters are citing as important, but it is the issue on which former President Donald Trump’s allies are focusing many of their ad dollars as they attack Vice President Kamala Harris in the final month of campaigning.

What’s driving voters instead?

Voters are most focused on the economy, with 52% of registered voters, driven by Republicans and Republican leaners, citing the economy as “extremely important” to their vote.

The second-most-cited “extremely important” issue, democracy in the US, was driven by Democrats.

Here are the top five most-cited “extremely important” issues for Republicans and Republican leaners in the survey: Economy Immigration Terrorism and national security Crime Taxes The top five for Democrats and Democratic leaners was completely different: Democracy in the US Types of Supreme Court justices candidates would pick Abortion Health care Education That doesn’t mean climate change is not important to Americans.

A Berita poll conducted by SSRS last December found nearly three-quarters of Americans, including half of Republicans, support policies to reduce climate pollution.

Then there are the conspiracy theories In this moment when a climate change-driven disaster is disabling a portion of the country, misinformation is driving some of the conversation.

Rep.

Carlos Gimenez and Sen.

Mitt Romney.

AP/Getty Images Related article Republicans in Congress call out hurricane misinformation coming from within their own party Rep.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, is a climate change skeptic like Trump.

She’s been spreading bonkers conspiracy theories about the origins of these storms, blaming space lasers, cloud seeding and other experimental technologies to falsely allege the government controls the weather.

“Climate change is the new Covid,” she said in a post on social media, comparing the pandemic, which killed more than a million Americans, with the heating of the planet.

The rest of her post alleged the government controls the weather.

Greene, by the way, went to a college football game in Alabama with Trump as her state was inundated by floodwaters from Helene.

‘Crazy weather patterns’ Ohio Sen.

JD Vance, Trump’s running mate, was asked about climate change during the vice presidential debate in early October, after it was clear that Helene had caused a major disaster.

Vance danced around the term – climate change – and instead admitted there are “crazy weather patterns.” He acknowledged the weird weather, which he said was more productive than getting into an argument about “weird science.” Martika Stansell and two of her children help pile debris in front of their flooded house in Canton, North Carolina, on Thursday, October 3.

Jonathan Drake/Reuters Helicopters use a field in Swannanoa, North Carolina, as a landing zone Thursday to ferry supplies and crews to areas made inaccessible by Helene.

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Lesser/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock A man helps clean out a home's flooded crawlspace in Cruso, North Carolina, on Thursday.

Jonathan Drake/Reuters A residential area is flooded in Swannanoa on Thursday.

Eduardo Munoz/Reuters A relief group climbs up the side of a hill as they help near Bat Cave, North Carolina, on Thursday.

The group was tasked with clearing roads and checking on people isolated because of Helene.

Sean Rayford/Getty Images Volunteers load supplies at Ridgeline Heating and Cooling, which was turned into a relief area and community coordination center in Bills Creek, North Carolina, on Thursday.

Allison Joyce/AFP/Getty Images A police car is stuck in mud in a flooded area of Lake Lure, North Carolina, on Wednesday, October 2.

Allison Joyce/AFP/Getty Images Homes are damaged in Chimney Rock, North Carolina, on Wednesday.

Mike Stewart/AP People help run a volunteer local community care center in Barnardsville, North Carolina, on Wednesday.

Jonathan Drake/Reuters A marina is filled with debris in Lake Lure on Wednesday.

Mike Stewart/AP Emily Ogburn, right, hugs her friend Cody Klein after he brought her a meal in Swannanoa on Wednesday.

Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images Friends help Sam Soughail, third from left, clear out his Casablanca Cigar Bar in Asheville, North Carolina, on Tuesday, October 1.

Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images Van Hutchins, right, hands Dennis Rector a family photo album that survived the flooding of his wife's business, the Penland & Sons Department Store, in Marshall, North Carolina.

Josh Morgan/USA Today Network/Imagn Images Power line poles lean in Lake Lure on Tuesday.

Jonathan Drake/Reuters A search-and-rescue team looks for victims in deep mud Tuesday in Swannanoa, North Carolina.

Mike Stewart/AP Andy Brown takes a break on top of what remains of a tree that destroyed his SUV in Augusta, Georgia, on Tuesday.

Jeffrey Collins/AP Len Frisbee dumps a wheelbarrow of dirt as he helps with cleanup in Hot Springs, North Carolina, on Tuesday.

Jeff Roberson/AP People evacuate by foot on Highway 64, near the Bat Cave community of North Carolina, on Monday, September 30.

Christian Monterrosa/The New York Times/Redux A helicopter flies near damaged buildings in Bat Cave on Monday.

Marco Bello/Reuters Linda Bandy, left, and Carissa Sheehan clean up inside the International Moulding frame shop in Morganton, North Carolina, on Monday.

Kathy Kmonicek/AP Janice Whitley hands her brother Terry Wilson some salvaged items while they remove valuables from their flooded home in Old Fort on Sunday, September 29.

Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images People wait in line to access gasoline in Fletcher, North Carolina, on Sunday.

Sean Rayford/Getty Images Melinda Segassie wheels possessions she salvaged from her home in Steinhatchee, Florida, on Sunday.

Kathleen Flynn/Reuters This home in Tampa, Florida, was destroyed by fire during the storm.

Paul Hennessy/Anadolu/Getty Images Workers clean and gut a flooded property in Steinhatchee on Sunday.

Gerald Herbert/AP Meta Gatschenberger surveys the remains of her collapsed house in Boone, North Carolina, on Saturday, September 28.

Jonathan Drake/Reuters Floodwaters are seen in Asheville in this image released by the North Carolina Department of Transportation on Saturday.

North Carolina Department of Transportation People gather at a fire station to access Wi-Fi on Saturday after Helene moved through Asheville.

Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images People inspect flood damage in Asheville on Saturday.

Sean Rayford/Getty Images An area of Asheville is flooded on Saturday.

Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images Elmira Glover sits on her porch after taking the first look inside her home, which had been completely flooded in Steinhatchee.

Kathleen Flynn/Reuters Boats displaced by Hurricane Helene sit in front of homes in Treasure Island, Florida, on Saturday.

Joe Raedle/Getty Images Light filters into a room of a home that was destroyed by the hurricane in Horseshoe Beach, Florida.

Marco Bello/Reuters Customers crowd a supermarket aisle for bottled water after widespread damage disrupted water supplies in Boone on Saturday.

Jonathan Drake/Reuters Buildings are left damaged by the storm in Valdosta, Georgia, on Saturday.

John Falchetto/AFP/Getty Images People walk among debris from their family's beach house in Horseshoe Beach on Saturday.

Marco Bello/Reuters The Laurel Fork Road bridge is destroyed by floodwaters in Vilas, North Carolina, on September 27.

Jonathan Drake/Reuters Cassandra Randall, right, is hugged by Jessica Downey inside a damaged Maddie's grocery store in Steinhatchee on September 27.

Greg Lovett/The Palm Beach Post/USA Today Network People work on power lines after Hurricane Helene passed offshore in Crystal River, Florida, on September 27.

Joe Raedle/Getty Images Hailey Morgan, right, surveys the damage to her flooded home after returning with her children, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Crystal River on September 27.

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Ebenhack/AP An aerial view shows a flooded and damaged area following Hurricane Helene in Steinhatchee on September 27.

Marco Bello/Reuters A person walks into fast-flowing waters to assist a stranded driver in a stretch of flooded road on the outskirts of Boone on September 27.

Jonathan Drake/Reuters People use buckets to remove water from a home near Peachtree Creek in Atlanta on September 27 after Hurricane Helene brought heavy rain overnight.

Megan Varner/Getty Images Sarah Cribbins and her son, Michael, cuddle their dog after being rescued from floodwaters in Crystal River on September 27.

Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times/AP Debris is seen inside a Cedar Key, Florida, store on September 27.

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Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP/Getty Images A tree crew cuts up large limbs that fell on East 49th Street in Savannah, Georgia, on September 27.

Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News/USA Today Network An American flag sits in floodwaters in the Shore Acres neighborhood of St.

Petersburg, Florida, on September 27.

Mike Carlson/AP A tree lies on a house in Valdosta, Georgia, on September 27.

Mike Stewart/AP Candice Ocvil, left, and Jibri Tolen, right, row through flood waters in Atlanta on September 27.

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Lesser/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The aftermath of Hurricane Helene is seen in Cedar Key, Florida, on September 27.

Cristobal Herrera-Ulashkevich/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Candace Redwine surveys the damage after about 3 feet of water inundated her Spiceman Kitchen store in Tarpon Springs, Florida, on September 27.

Joe Raedle/Getty Images Flood water washes over Guy Ford Road bridge on the Watauga River in Sugar Grove, North Carolina, on September 26.

Jonathan Drake/Reuters In this screengrab taken from a United States Coast Guard body cam, a man and his dog are seen being rescued after his sailboat became disabled and started taking on water off Sanibel Island, Florida, on September 26.

United States Coast Guard/Reuters Cars drive over the George G.

Tapper Bridge before Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Port Saint Joe, Florida, on September 26.

Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images Guests put on ponchos at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida, on September 26 as Hurricane Helene began bearing down.

Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service/Getty Images Carol Poulson uses her phone to document the impacts of Hurricane Helene as it builds offshore in St.

Petersburg on September 26.

Joe Raedle/Getty Images A man walks through a flooded Times Square area of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on September 26.

Andrew West/The News-Press/USA Today Network/Imagn Images Cynthia Centeno, a Tallahassee resident, sits with her family inside a hurricane evacuation shelter at Fairview Middle School in Leon County, Florida, on September 26.

Gerald Herbert/AP Waves impact a house seawall in Eastpoint, Florida, on September 26.

Marco Bello/Reuters Charles Starling, a lineman with Team Fishel, walks by a row of electrical line trucks staged in a field in The Villages, Florida, on September 26.

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Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service/Getty Images People work at the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee, Florida, on September 26.

Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images A man crosses a flooded area on the coast of Gulfport, Florida, on September 26.

Thomas Simonetti/The Washington Post/Getty Images Cars drive through a flooded street in St.

Pete Beach on September 26.

Joe Raedle/Getty Images Hurricane Helene is seen in a satellite photo on September 26.

NOAA A woman fills up a container with gas ahead of Helene's landfall in Cross City, Florida, on September 25.

Marco Bello/Reuters People in Guanimar, Cuba, traverse a flooded street in a boat on September 25.

Ramon Espinosa/AP A Wakulla County firefighter speaks to residents of Panacea, Florida, while making note of those who were not evacuating on September 25.

Sean Rayford/Getty Images Storm damage from Helene is seen in Puerto Juarez, Mexico, on September 25.

Paola Chiomante/Reuters People fill up sandbags in Clearwater, Florida, on September 25.

Marco Bello/Reuters In pictures: Hurricane Helene unleashes its fury Prev Next But Vance’s remedy to the so-called weird weather is counterintuitive.

He said Trump’s plan to vastly increase oil production is the answer because it would bring more energy production and manufacturing jobs to the US.

The Democratic vice presidential candidate, Minnesota Gov.

Tim Walz, was ineffective at drawing the obvious contrast – that the Inflation Reduction Act passed by Democrats is already meant to kickstart American manufacturing with a pivot to a greener economy.

Harris’ flip on fracking Harris, meanwhile, has gone to great lengths to express that she does now support the practice of fracking, which climate activists oppose but which is important to the economy in the key state of Pennsylvania.

In an interview with Berita in August, Harris argued the country can address the climate crisis without ending the practice of fracking.

“What I have seen is that we can grow and we can increase a thriving clean energy economy without banning fracking,” she told Berita’s Dana Bash, explaining her new position.

Still, admitting there is a climate crisis is a much different thing than refusing to say the words.

In that recent Gallup polling, Harris had a 26 percentage point advantage over Trump when voters were asked who would do a better job addressing climate change.

It was the largest spread in the poll.

Trump’s advantage over Harris on his best issues, the economy and immigration, for instance, was 9 percentage points.

Those are smaller advantages on issues that appear to be driving more voters.