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I doubt it. As long as %25 of Americans are buying these types of cars, they are unlikely to change
Well that 25% is 25% of US car buyers, not 25% of voting age Americans.
And thats at worst case 12.5 million SUV buyers compared to what, 200+ million registered voters?
About 6% of voters I'd say.
And of course, some SUV buyers would buy more than one SUV so the voters to SUV buyers %age goes down further - yeah and maybe they are a influential lot with the lawmakers.
But in any case and regardless of how influential SUV buyers are with politicians and lawmakers, the best way for Detroit to get a message is through sales (especially declining ones).
If say half (or even 20%) of these SUV buyers switched to buying a model of SUV with better MPG and/or lower emissions (or demonstrably safer for all road users) then Detroit would get the message through sales as most of the SUV sales would either be of non-Detroit SUVs, or of other types of vehicles (non-SUVs).
Thats the best way for the average consumer to force Detroit to do something, especially in the current climate where the politicians are unwilling to change.
And next year you get the chance to make a bigger/longer term difference at the ballot box.
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