Opinion: No Gore groundswell detected

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The verdict is in: Winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to sound the alarm about global warming has not sparked a surge in the draft-Al-Gore-for-president movement.

The Gallup Poll, in conjunction with USA Today, surveyed a cross-section of Americans over the weekend -- hot on the heels of the announcement of Gore’s award -- and found that 41% said he should join the White House race, whereas 54% preferred that he remain on the sidelines.

That’s comparable to the poll’s findings in March, about a month after ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ the documentary that featured Gore, won an Oscar (but before he garnered an Emmy). Back then, 38% said he should run, whereas 57% said he shouldn’t.

The current poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points. The one in March, which featured a larger sample pool, had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

-- Don Frederick