The environmental movement’s biggest election spender is sharpening its focus on energy price concerns as it maps out its strategy for this year’s midterm elections.
LCV Victory Fund — an arm of the League of Conservation Voters — said Monday it’s homing in on “energy bill voters” who might be swayed by messaging about policies that can reduce utility costs amid historically high prices. The group said that can align easily with promoting renewable energy and the candidates — mostly Democrats — who want to expand it.
The strategy is evidence of the green movement focusing more on bread-and-butter issues after the 2024 elections relegated core energy and environment issues to the sidelines.
“Rising costs are hitting families nationwide, making building more clean, affordable energy more urgent than ever. At the same time, extreme weather and pollution are worsening amid science denial, while authoritarian actions are eroding democracy and voting rights,” Sara Schreiber, LCV’s senior vice president of campaigns, said in a public memo laying out the Victory Fund’s strategy.
