By: E&P Staff A new Gallup poll, conducted this past weekend after former Vice President Al Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, shows only a slight bump in Gore's favorable rating and no "large groundswell" for him to run for president, Gallup reports.
It adds: "He remains in third place and his support is no better know than it has been throughout much of this year." But: "Americans are more inclined to say Gore deserved to win the Nobel Peace Prize than to say he did not deserve to win it."
The Oct. 12-14 poll found 58% saying they have a favorable view of Gore, up from 50% in the prior reading taken in August. That is Gore's best in any Gallup Poll since September 2000.
But this does not translate into run-Al-run.
Gallup reveals: "Just 41% of Americans say they would like to see Gore run for president, with the majority, 54%, opposed to a Gore candidacy. That is essentially the same result that Gallup found in March, when 38% expressed a desire for a Gore presidential bid. Even Democrats seem tepid to the idea of Gore running for president -- just 48% favor such a move while 43% are opposed. As one would expect, Republicans (24% in favor) and independents (43%) are mostly opposed to Gore running for president.
"In the new update of national Democrats' and Democratic-leaning independents' preferences for the Democratic presidential nomination, 14% select Gore as their first choice when he is included in a list along with the eight announced Democratic candidates. Clinton leads with 44%, while Obama is next at 19%. Gore finishes slightly ahead of Edwards, who is supported by 10% of rank-and-file Democrats."
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