(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Many adults in the United States are not looking forward to a new presidential run from Al Gore, according to a poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates released by Newsweek. 56 per cent of respondents would not like to see the former vice-president declare himself a candidate again.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Many adults in the United States are not looking forward to a new presidential run from Al Gore, according to a poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates released by Newsweek. 56 per cent of respondents would not like to see the former vice-president declare himself a candidate again.
Gore served as vice-president under Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001. He lost the 2000 presidential election against Republican George W. Bush, after weeks of recounts and court injunctions in Florida concluded in a 537-vote victory for Bush. Gore recently was featured in the movie “An inconvenient truth”, which discusses global warming. In June 2006, Gore declared, “I have no plans to run for president again.”
On Mar. 31, U.S. district judge Jeffrey White cited Gore’s movie directly in his arguments to advance a lawsuit against the U.S. government for the financing of overseas projects that purportedly contribute to global warming. The lawsuit—originally filed in 2002—refers to pipeline and oil projects in Russia, Mexico, Indonesia and Chad, among others.
In American elections, candidates require 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the White House. In November 2004, Republican George W. Bush earned a second term after securing 286 electoral votes from 31 states. Democratic nominee John Kerry received 252 electoral votes from 19 states and the District of Columbia.
Bush is ineligible for a third term in office. The next presidential election is scheduled for November 2008.
Polling Data
Would you like to see former vice-president Al Gore declare himself a candidate for president in 2008?
Yes | 33% |
No | 56% |
Don’t know | 11% |
If Al Gore were to run for president in 2008, is there a good chance, some chance, or no chance you would vote for him as a candidate for president?
Good chance | 24% |
Some chance | 25% |
No chance | 47% |
Don’t know | 4% |
Source: Princeton Survey Research Associates / Newsweek
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,004 American adults, conducted on Mar. 28 and Mar. 29, 2007. Margin of error is 4 per cent.
