--- title: Al Gore Says He Isn't Ready to Endorse Hillary Clinton description: "It's still too early, in my opinion, to endorse a candidate" canonical: https://time.com/4107128/al-gore-hillary-clinton-endorsement/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-10T20:45:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:29:45.608Z article:section: Politics og:title: Al Gore Says He Isn't Ready to Endorse Hillary Clinton og:description: "It's still too early, in my opinion, to endorse a candidate" og:url: https://time.com/4107128/al-gore-hillary-clinton-endorsement/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd8c483e20846f46/698870610a4a221e3b9c6f81/gettyimages-495498530.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The New York Times 2015 DealBook Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Al Gore Says He Isn't Ready to Endorse Hillary Clinton twitter:description: "It's still too early, in my opinion, to endorse a candidate" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdd8c483e20846f46/698870610a4a221e3b9c6f81/gettyimages-495498530.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Al Gore Says He Isn't Ready to Endorse Hillary Clinton  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Nov 10, 2015 8:45 PM UTC  Former Vice President Al Gore, chairman of Generation Investment Management and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, participates in a panel discussion at the New York Times 2015 DealBook Conference at the Whitney Museum of American Art on November 3, 2015 in New York City. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images-- New York Times) Former Vice President Al Gore, chairman of Generation Investment Management and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, participates in a panel discussion at the New York Times 2015 DealBook Conference at the Whitney Museum of American Art on November 3, 2015 in New York City. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images-- New York Times)Neilson Barnard—2015 Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Nov 10, 2015 8:45 PM UTC Former Vice President Al Gore[ isn’t endorsing](http://www.people.com/article/al-gore-declines-endorse-hillary-clinton-2016) Hillary Clinton yet for the Democratic nomination, despite the fact that Gore served two terms as Bill Clinton’s Vice President. “It’s still too early, in my opinion, to endorse a candidate or pick a candidate,” Gore told PEOPLE in an interview. “Everybody can look at how the presidential campaign is developing and get some pretty clear ideas about how they think it’s going to turn out, but I still think it’s premature,” “The election is still a full year away,” he said. “I think I’ll wait to wade into it.” **Read More:** [**Al Gore Declines to Endorse Hillary Clinton for President**](http://www.people.com/article/al-gore-declines-endorse-hillary-clinton-2016) The former Vice President, who calls himself a “recovering politician,” has become a major environmental activist in the years since he ran for President against George W. Bush in 2000. [Read more at PEOPLE](http://www.people.com/article/al-gore-declines-endorse-hillary-clinton-2016) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4107128/al-gore-hillary-clinton-endorsement/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4107128/al-gore-hillary-clinton-endorsement/"},"headline":"Al Gore Says He Isn't Ready to Endorse Hillary Clinton","datePublished":"2015-11-10T20:45:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:29:45.608Z","description":"\"It's still too early, in my opinion, to endorse a candidate\"","url":"https://time.com/4107128/al-gore-hillary-clinton-endorsement/","keywords":["Election 2016","Hillary Clinton","Environment","George W. 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