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> these folks are misinformed voters and it's hurting our climate policy

For the electorate it isn't really a matter of information or education. People have things they care about more or are vote based on emotion.

In a way it's like trying to use logic to convince somebody to support The Atlanta Braves rather than the Yankees. They didn't get there through a process of logic and isn't logic that's going to change them.

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Doesn't it matter if they think it's 1.5 degrees or 3 degrees of warming? Doesn't that 1.67X change their perspective substantially?

What on earth are you talking about? You literally made up the 1.5 vs 3 degrees thing above, and now you're basing your argument on that being true, despite you having made it up moments ago.

Do you have a single source that says "Americans think climate change is only half as bad because of F vs C"?

Personally I doubt that a meaningful percent of Americans (or people anywhere) even know this "3" number to begin with, let alone the unit. This isn't something most people are focused on.

It changes nothing. My whole point was that people aren't deciding on who to vote for based on sound scientific principles. You aren't going to change their position with more facts or new facts.

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