Liberal heartache.

(Politico) — The world today would not be a much different place if Al Gore had won the 2000 presidential election, said more than half of the Americans surveyed in a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll released Monday.

The national poll found that 56 percent of all respondents said things wouldn’t be too different if Gore had won the presidency instead of George W. Bush.

Just a quarter of those questioned said they think the world would be a better place if Gore had won, and slightly less than half of all Democrats polled — 44 percent — agreed. Only 6 percent of Democrats said they thought things would be worse, and 48 percent said the world would not be much different.

For Republicans, 57 percent said the world would not be too different, with 34 percent saying it would be worse and just 7 percent thinking the world would be a better place.

Over half of independents, or 62 percent, said the world would not be much different if Gore had won.