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Nicholas Goldberg: Jan. 6? Climate change? War in Europe? The voters have other things on their minds

Supporters of US President Donald Trump clash with the US Capitol police during a riot at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, DC.

The Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol is not a top-tier issue for voters. According to my colleague Melanie Mason in The Times, there is little sign that it — or the precarious condition of American democracy it has come to symbolize — will draw many people to the polls in November or determine a swing voter's choices.

Similarly, climate change, the looming catastrophe that scientists say will upend our lives in the years ahead, ranks that voters say they'll think

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