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Poll: Latinos Want Congress, Trump to Fix Climate Change

Latino Decisions survey finds wide support in Arizona for legislation.
by Christopher Conover

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Nine of 10 Latinos in Arizona want President-elect Donald Trump and Congress to pass laws combating climate change, according to a poll from Latino Decisions

The poll also found that 75 percent of Arizona Latinos think the new administration should work toward using more clean energy.

The poll has a 4.9 percent margin of error.

A survey from the Pew Hispanic Center nearly two years ago found that, nationally, 70 percent of Latinos believe humans cause global warming.

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