Much of what’s counted as success in climate policy risks an electoral gutting. As the Canadian climate movement looks anxiously at the results of the U.S. federal election while awaiting Canada’s federal election, it should consider what policies have the best chance of surviving a blowout at the polls. The climate items most likely to withstand attack are in legislation like the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which funneled its investments as a deliberate strategy to make itself stick. …An electorally-vulnerable climate policy must recognize it is easier to build political coalitions around concrete, specific projects that provide more jobs, more public goods and a lower cost of living, rather than creating obscure, diffuse benefits. Those directly receiving benefits will fight any effort to put the toothpaste back in the tube when it comes to climate action. That’s why Canadian carbon pricing remains politically fragile despite substantial rebates.