Climate Change Emerges As Key Issue For Some Voters Ahead Of Midterms

With more climate extremes on the horizon, how much will the issue of climate change affect votes in upcoming elections?

More frequent fires, hotter heat waves and surging sea levels are impacts scientists say are becoming a part of everyday life as people pump more heat-trapping pollution into the atmosphere. 

But with midterm elections about a month away, there are signs more voters are noticing, too.  

A recent Pew Research Center poll found 77% of adults who have personally been affected by extreme weather events say climate change is a crisis or major problem.