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Al Gore says midterm results should reassure the world that the US will meet
climate change commitments
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The former US vice president and climate campaigner told Sky News: "I think that both in the United States and in the United Kingdom, the voters are saying 'we want good governance, we want sensible policies, we want less political conflict'.
"I think that the candidates that made themselves vulnerable to the label 'extreme' are the ones who appear to have lost, and the ones who have advocated working in a cross-partisan bipartisan way are getting the favour of voters, and I think that bodes well for the future."
Expanding on the theme of stability, he said of former president Donald Trump: "I think that this election outcome is not one that he is likely to be happy with, because it will be interpreted by many in his own party as partly down to his active participation.
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"This may be because Trump was so visible and because he took a hand in selecting these candidates the voters saw in many cases as too extreme to merit their support."
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https://news.sky.com/story/al-gore-says-midterm-results-should-reassure-the-world-that-the-us-will-meet-climate-change-commitments-12744162