miami<u+2014>former vice president al gore on tuesday returned to the campaign trail in florida, where his 537-vote loss cost him the white house in 2000, presenting himself as <u+201c>exhibit a<u+201d> on the importance of voting. <u+201c>please take it from me: every single vote counts,<u+201d> he told 1,600 people at a rally here with democrat nominee hillary clinton. mr. gore reminded younger people in the audience that his loss to republican george w. bush was <u+201c>very close<u+201d><u+2014>so close that many democrats believe the outcome would have been different if the supreme court hadn<u+2019>t halted a recount of ballots. as mr. gore spoke of the contest, the audience began chanting, <u+201c>you won! you won!<u+201d> mr. gore said he didn<u+2019>t want the crowd to have to renew the chant for mrs. clinton if she were to face a similar result. mr. gore won the national popular vote, but mr. bush won the electoral college. it went unmentioned<u+00a0>on tuesday, but some democrats still blame consumer activist ralph nader for helping to elect mr. bush by pulling votes that might have otherwise gone to mr. gore. one concern for mrs. clinton: third-party candidates could gain the support of young voters whom she needs to win. the pair also focused on mr. gore<u+2019>s signature issue of battling climate change, an important topic for many young voters. the former vice president called mrs. clinton the superior choice to handle the issue, saying she would make it <u+201c>a top national priority,<u+201d> while opponent donald trump, the republican nominee, would <u+201c>take us toward a climate catastrophe.<u+201d> mrs. clinton pointed to hurricane matthew last week, which she said was made fiercer by a warmed ocean, with a storm surge more destructive because sea levels have risen. the event at miami dade college also marked a thawing of what at times has been a chilly relationship between mrs. clinton and mr. gore. as first lady and vice president, they competed for influence in bill clinton <u+2019>s white house. angry over mr. clinton<u+2019>s sexual relationship with monica lewinsky, mr. gore didn<u+2019>t run on the president<u+2019>s legacy in 2000. mrs. clinton, by contrast, stuck with her husband in her run for the senate that year, competing with mr. gore for money and attention. she was elected, which put her on her current path. mr. gore didn<u+2019>t endorse mrs. clinton<u+2019>s 2008 run for president, and he stayed out of the 2016 primary. he announced his support for mrs. clinton in a tweet just before the democratic national convention and didn<u+2019>t attend the gathering. but any tensions appeared lost<u+00a0>tuesday<u+00a0>in their mutual interest in putting mrs. clinton in the white house<u+2014>and keeping mr. trump out. both are known as somewhat awkward campaigners. as mr. gore finished his remarks, he turned to mrs. clinton and asked, <u+201c>wanna do a hands up?<u+201d> <u+201c>yeah!<u+201d> she replied, and they lifted their arms together. mrs. clinton introduced mr. gore as one of the world<u+2019>s foremost leaders on climate change and noted that he won the nobel peace prize for his work. seating behind her, mr. gore mouthed, <u+201c>thank you.<u+201d> they hugged and laughed on stage as she yielded the floor to him. mr. gore<u+2019>s speech focused on their shared policy agenda, without observations from their years at the white house. but he enthusiastically urged her election. mrs. clinton<u+2019>s environmental agenda is more modest than many environmentalists would like but much more ambitious than mr. trump<u+2019>s. she says she would set goals to shift the u.s. away from fossil fuels and into clean energy alternatives, through such plans as installing half a billion solar panels by the end of her first term. mrs. clinton also said she would defend obama administration regulations that limit carbon emissions from power plants and would set higher efficiency standards for cars, trucks and appliances. she has said little about putting a direct price on use of carbon, an idea pushed by democratic primary rival bernie sanders and, earlier in his term, president barack obama. it was unclear how much impact mr. gore will have with young voters who are considering smaller-party candidates. asked before the rally if he knew who mr. gore was, gabriel montero, age 18, said, <u+201c>he<u+2019>s a former vice president? i don<u+2019>t know much about him, honestly.<u+201d> but older voters here remember him well. <u+201c>they stole the election against bush,<u+201d> said henry ruiz, age 42, of miami beach. <u+201c>it was here in florida.<u+201d> write to laura meckler at laura.meckler@wsj.com
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