Green politics are not popular when the economy is weak. When the economy is strong, the green parties will make a comeback.
What is clear is growth in the party vote of the green parties may have tapped out in terms of growth.
The electoral troubles of the green bullies
Anyone following the recent G20 will be aware that skeptical politicians, such as Australia’s Tony Abbott and Canada’s Steve Harper, have been subject to intense public pressure from prominent greens like President Obama, to change their public position on climate change. What is less apparent is that all of the most prominent climate bullies appear to be on the brink of losing power, due to a voter backlash back home, against their extreme green policies, and other policy failures.
President Hollande, the greenest of the EU politicians, is plumbing record levels of unpopularity in France;
http://rt.com/news/189444-france-hollande-popularity-low/
Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain just got nailed twice (second time in the last few days) by the upstart United Kingdom Independence Party, in high profile by-elections. As an indication of UKIP’s position on climate change, a few years ago, UKIP’s climate spokesman…
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