O'Malley pinpoints climate change as most important issue for young voters

A 23-year old woman from Drake University in Iowa opened the floor Monday night for Martin O'Malley to name which issue he thinks should be the "most important" one to young voters.

“You know what I believe is the biggest issue that I think you should be concerned about as a young person who has more time on this planet than I do — and that is climate change," O'Malley responded, calling it the "greatest business opportunity" to come to the United States in a century.

He added that he was the first candidate in either party to put forward a plan to move us to a "100 percent clean electric energy grid by 2050 and create five million jobs along the way." 

O'Malley has been pressing climate change on the campaign trail, so this isn't entirely new. But it's worth noting which issue a candidate elevates above all the others when they're all laid out in front of them for the taking.

If you really hope a candidate moves on your issue when they become president, it better be one of their top two or three items. Otherwise, all their nice words and good intentions don't mean a thing.