Pay attention, Democratic presidential candidates: It’s time to talk about climate change… a lot. That’s the message delivered by likely Democratic Iowa Caucus goers in a recent poll, which saw climate change rank behind only health care (by just one point) on issues participants want to hear about most. And considering 80 percent of respondents said they want to hear about climate change “a lot,” candidates would be smart to have thought-out, serious plans for tackling our climate crisis. We’ve entered an era where the climate conversation centers around solutions, and voters will be listening.

What’s more, the poll jibes with recent polling done by EDF Action in partnership with League of Conservation Voters and Center for American Progress Action Fund, which showed similar enthusiasm for climate solutions in early primary states. Our poll found that 84 percent of early primary voters say it is very important that candidates have a plan to move to 100% clean energy in Iowa. Clearly, Hawkeye voters are eager for bold climate policies.

It’s not just Iowa caucus-goers who are hungry for action on climate. In the polling EDF Action conducted, we looked beyond Iowa to other early primary/caucus states, including New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina and California. We saw that voters across the board put action on climate at or near the top of their issue priority list. In fact, action on climate change followed only health care as a priority across the 5 states and it was the most cited issue on the priority lists for Democratic primary voters/caucus-goers in Iowa (55%), New Hampshire (54%) and California (49%).

Both of these surveys confirm that something’s changing with respect to the conversation on climate change. In May 2015 when the same poll was conducted, climate change didn’t rank in even the top five issues. Now, it will have to be a central piece of any Democratic candidate’s platform. Voters no longer need to be convinced of the need for action. Rather, politicians need to show they are taking the issue seriously. As the presidential race ramps up in the months ahead, we should expect to see climate policy initiatives spoken about forcefully, shrewdly, and at length. Voters will demand it.