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Many Americans look for political manipulation as gasoline prices plunge
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 26, 2006 06:58pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - USA Today |
| News Date | Tuesday, September 26, 2006 05:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Almost half of Americans believe the plunge at the pump has more to do with politics and the November elections, than economics.
"But I think the big important reason is Republicans want to get elected," Mohr, 66, said while filling up for $2.17 a gallon. "They think getting the prices down is going to help get some more incumbents re-elected."
According to a new Gallup poll, 42% of respondents agreed with the statement that the Bush administration "deliberately manipulated the price of gasoline so that it would decrease before this fall's elections." Fifty-three percent of those surveyed did not believe the conspiracy theory; 5% said they had no opinion.
Not surprising, almost two-thirds of those who suspect President Bush intervened to bring down energy prices before Election Day are registered Democrats, according to Gallup. |
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