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Originally Posted by dyna mo
a study by Yale economist Ray Fair shows that dating back to 1948, there is little correlation between election results and gas prices. Take 1992. Gas prices were at their lowest levels in decades. The economy was pulling out of a recession. And the president had just won a war in convincing fashion. What happened next? Voters gave President George H.W. Bush the boot. Fast forward to 2004. The economy was again pulling out of a recession ? but gas prices were at their highest levels in decades. What happened next? President George W. Bush was re-elected. on to 2012, gas prices climbed dramatically in the months before Obama was elected.
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Yup, large corporations only target national candidates. No reason to sink money into particular races or to affect prices differently in different regions. That's why Ohio prices fell exactly the same amount as prices in every other State.
People tend not to vote based on their own economic situation. A lot of the time people totally ignore whether they are doing better or worse financially and politicians hardly even mention those sorts of things during campaign ads or stump speeches. In fact, how well people are doing financially is so unimportant, it's likely why most political campaigns focus on the favorite color of each candidate instead.
