Voters were asked, “Who bears the responsibility for higher fuel prices?”
A total of 51% answered Biden, with the oil companies (26%) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (15%) a distant second and third, respectively, Rasmussen Reports announced Wednesday.
“The average price of a gallon of gasoline, which was $2.20 in November 2020, rose to $3.50 by November 2021, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and is now $4.21,” Rasmussen Reports stated.
A sum of “61% think Biden has not done enough to stop the rising price of gasoline, home heating oil, and other petroleum products, while just 27% believe Biden has done enough,” according to the report.
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An overwhelming number (84%) of voters announced that higher fuel prices were a severe problem, Rasmussen found. Of those respondents, 61% announced it was a very serious problem.
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Making matters worse for Biden, 54% of Independent voters accused the President of the increasing gas prices.
Even 77% of Democrats announced that higher prices were a serious problem.
The Rasmussen Reports poll findings were the latest bad news for Biden.
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A Gallup poll released Wednesday discovered that just 2% of Americans consider the economy under Biden to be in “excellent” condition.
The Gallup poll, conducted April 1-19, revealed that “four in five U.S. adults rate current economic conditions in the country as only fair (38%) or poor (42%), with few describing conditions as excellent (2%) or good (18%). Furthermore, 76% of Americans said the economy was getting worse, 20% said it was improving, and 3% said it was staying the same.”
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Almost two-thirds of registered voters announced they have had to reduce household expenses to compensate for increasing prices attached to gas and groceries, a Morning Consult poll revealed last week.
The survey, conducted by Morning Consult and commissioned by the Bipartisan Policy Center, discovered that 65% of voters have had to rein in discretionary spending to account for improved fuel costs.
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California was on track to raise its gas tax — already the highest in the country — by 5.6%, from 51 cents a gallon to 53.9 cents a gallon, effective July 1, Fox News reports.
The higher gas tax is inevitable, since California state lawmakers would have to pass legislation by Sunday to put it on hold, and they have yet to introduce a bill.