“Draft:Vote Climate U.S. PAC”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Vote Climate U.S. PAC is an American super PAC founded in 2013 and directed by American political activist Karyn Strickler.^[1] Its mission is "to elect candidates to get off fossil fuels, transition to clean, renewable energy and put a price on carbon, in order to slow global warming and related weather extremes."^[2] Strickler has named the implementation of a carbon tax as a principal goal.^[3] As a super PAC (a type of political action committee), the organization cannot contribute to candidates but can make independent expenditures on their behalf.

History

2014

The PAC began operations with the 2014 midterm elections. It identified three top-priority races for the U.S. Senate and three for the U.S. House. It stated its selection criteria:

The PAC was successful in all three Senate races and in two of the three House races in 2014. Its candidates, all Democrats, were:

2016

Vote Climate U.S. PAC began preparation for the 2016 elections with production of the "Holy BLEEP Mabel" series, an ad campaign that follows the quirky couple Mabel and Manny as they experience weather extremes related to climate change.^[5] The PAC sought donations to air the ad campaign during the election season, and reported that more than 442,000 people had viewed the ads.^[6]

Election results

As in 2014, the PAC identified six critical races in hotly contested, swing districts with climate change leaders, for whom it implemented a paid, social media campaign. These priority candidates (all Democrats) and the results of the races were:

In addition to the six priority races, the PAC made other endorsements, stating:

Campaign work

2018

See also

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/2018/10/29/18022736/2018-midterm-elections-climate-change-voters-guide |title=This group is helping voters make sense of which candidates take climate change seriously: The guide to House and Senate races scores candidates on their positions on climate change and a carbon price. |author=Umair Irfan |date=November 1, 2018 |website=Vox.com |publisher= |access-date=1 November 2018 |quote=}}
2. ^{{cite web | title = Our Mission and Approach | publisher = Vote Climate U.S. PAC | url = http://voteclimatepac.org/our-approach/ | accessdate = 2014-11-22 }}
3. ^{{cite web | title = Holy BLEEP Mabel - A Seriously Funny Project of Vote Climate Change U.S. PAC | publisher = Indiegogo | date = December 3, 2013 | url = https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/holy-bleep-mabel-a-seriously-funny-project-of-vote-climate-change-u-s-pac | accessdate = 2014-11-22}}
4. ^{{cite web | title = Priority Candidates | publisher = Vote Climate U.S. PAC | url = http://voteclimatepac.org/priority-candidates/ | accessdate = 2014-11-22 }}
5. ^{{cite web| url = http://voteclimatepac.org/holy-bleep-mabel-wildfire | title = Holy BLEEP Mabel – Wildfire ad video| publisher = Vote Climate U.S. PAC| access-date = 2017-11-10}}
6. ^¹²{{cite web| url = https://www.voteclimatepac.org/priority-candidates/2016-Elections.html| title = 2016 Election Results| publisher = Vote Climate U.S. PAC| access-date = 2017-11-10}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2018/11/07/midterm-results-climate-science-deniers-run-out-of-u-s-house/#74ed064ea258 |title=Midterm Results: Climate-Science Deniers Run Out Of U.S. House |author=Jeff McMahon |date=November 7, 2018 |website=Forbes.com |publisher= |access-date=November 15, 2018 |quote=}}