It's Not The 70s, Not Even 2014 - Major Green Group Endorsements Of GOP Candidates In 2018 - Zero
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So far this year, major environmental groups have endorsed this many Republicans: zero. It comes as more than 40 GOP House members embrace the idea that humans are causing climate change. A few years ago, only a handful did. "It's a confluence of the Republican Party shifting farther to the right and increased polarization," said Jennifer Duffy of The Cook Political Report. "Interest groups on both sides of the aisle want more purity from the members they endorse."
A veteran environmental leader who spoke on the condition of anonymity said 1 in 5 endorsements by environmental organizations used to be for Republicans. Now, these groups only back a couple of federal GOP candidates every cycle. "Republicans' increasingly poor voting records reflect their rejection of the conservation leadership provided by such presidents as Theodore Roosevelt, Richard Nixon and George H.W. Bush," the green leader said. "Opposition to federal climate action and pollution reductions are now litmus tests for potential Republican candidates."
In 1990, the League of Conservation Voters endorsed 22 Republicans in the House and the Senate. This year, none.
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Old-school Republicans say the party has moved away from its conservation roots. "It's not an anti-Republican move on the part of environmental groups," said Sherry Boehlert, a former New York Republican congressman who chaired the House Science Committee and now sits on the LCV board of directors. "It's an anti-environmental move on the part of Republicans."
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