Americans Feel The Pinch From Higher Gas
Prices, Blame Iran War For The Surge In
Energy Costs: I&I/TIPP Poll
Posted By: RockyTCB, 5/27/2026 6:46:49 PM
Gasoline prices have soared to their highest levels since 2022’s pandemic inflation sent prices to record highs across the nation. Why are prices so high now? If you ask average Americans, they overwhelmingly choose one answer: The U.S. war with Iran, which has sent crude oil prices soaring above $100 a barrel. As the latest I&I/TIPP Poll shows, Americans are feeling the pinch from higher energy costs. With prices now at a national average of $4.53 a gallon (still below the all-time high of $5 a gallon in June 2022), the cost of gasoline again has seized Americans’ attention.
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If President Donald Trump is considering handing over billions to the terrorists of Tehran and leaving them in control of the Strait of Hormuz, as some news dispatches have indicated, he will have committed a blunder. The only choice they should be offered is to give up everything or lose it all to the almighty forces of the U.S. and Israeli militaries.
If not, the Iranian threat will never be eliminated, only weakened for a time before returning to its demonic affairs, leaving a mess for someone else to clean up. Because Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had
Gasoline prices have soared to their highest levels since 2022’s pandemic inflation sent prices to record highs across the nation. Why are prices so high now? If you ask average Americans, they overwhelmingly choose one answer: The U.S. war with Iran, which has sent crude oil prices soaring above $100 a barrel. As the latest I&I/TIPP Poll shows, Americans are feeling the pinch from higher energy costs.
With prices now at a national average of $4.53 a gallon (still below the all-time high of $5 a gallon in June 2022), the cost of gasoline again has seized Americans’ attention.
Yes, Today’s Gas Prices Are ‘Peanuts’
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Democrats were quick to make hay of President Donald Trump’s remark that the high price of gasoline “is peanuts.”
But what if he’s right? What if today’s prices are lower than they were, say, when we had a peanut farmer as president? Or many times since then?
Democrats called Trump “out of touch” with everyday Americans.
“’Peanuts’ isn’t how my constituents would describe the spiking gas prices that make everyday life more expensive,” said New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. “POTUS isn’t paying for this war. Middle-class Americans are, and he couldn’t care less.”
You’d think that the Iran war would have been good news for EV sales, given the boost in gasoline prices and general uncertainty it sparked. Instead, it might someday mark the beginning of the end of the left’s EV dreams.
New EV sales in April – the second full month of the war – were down 6.2% compared with March, and down a whopping 23% from the year before, according to Cox Automotive.
True, overall car sales were down last month, but just by 5.4% year over year, and 1.9% from March.
In other words, people were increasingly turning to gasoline-powered cars when they bought in April.
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We normally don’t use this space for personal announcements. That isn’t the purpose or mission of Issues & Insights. But, since we answer to no one but ourselves, we can break our own rules.
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Voters Lukewarm On U.S.-Iran War, As Majority
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Oppose Use Of Ground Troops In Iran: I&I/TIPP Poll 6 replies
President Donald Trump has worked hard to forge a deal to end the U.S.-Iran war and avoid a wider conflict. But, as the latest I&I/TIPP Poll shows, Americans remain sharply split over the U.S. military action, and strongly oppose sending ground troops into Iran.
The national online I&I/TIPP Poll, taken by 1,464 adults from April 28 to May 1, asked: “Do you support or oppose the United States military action against Iran?” The poll’s margin of error is +/-2.9 percentage points.
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