With gas prices continuing to surge, more than 8 in 10 Americans said pain at the pump is putting a strain on their household budgets — and a strong majority blames Trump, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.

The poll also found that Trump is more unpopular than he ever has been, and he faces major declines with key groups since being sworn in for a second term. Most Americans said the economy isn't working for them, and the war in Iran — which has directly led to those higher gas prices — continues to grow more unpopular.

Those challenges have given Democrats a distinct advantage in the midterm elections. Six months from when votes will be counted this November, Democrats lead by 10 points on the congressional ballot test. The ballot test asks which party's candidate they would vote for if congressional elections took place today.

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[–] 60 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Very rarely do I blame presidents for gas prices because most of the time the president cannot do much about it without going after corporations. However, this time, starting a war with Iran, is directly The Epstein class’s fault, and Trump is part of that

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  • [–] 56 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Huh, look at that, 4 out of 10 Americans are braindead, as that's the only way you wouldn't realize the gas prices are Trumps fault. Well, Trump and I guess Israel, but Trump could have tried not being a sock puppet to somebody for a change.

    The US is done for, as nearly 50% of the population is apparently living in an entirely different reality from the rest of the world or else so literally out of touch with current events they don't even understand a single thing that's happening at a national level.

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    This is your brain on Fox and Newsmax.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    Yep. Their view of the world is even worse than if they didn't pay attention to any news source whatsoever. Before they could be brought back to reality, they would first have to through a stage of deprogramming and unlearning all the bullshit they have accepted as reality.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    4 out of 10 Americans are braindead

    I bet this same set were howling about how "Biden did that" when it came to inflation and gas prices in 2022, though.

    In my admittedly limited anecdotal experience on this, not one of them could explain how Biden "did that", though. Not one.

    But this same set of idiots play dumb when any child can draw a straight line from the "fuck around" stage of PEDOnald's war on Iran to the "find out" stage of the price at the gas pump and the effect on the economy.

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  • [–] 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I can't believe that the man is a convicted rapist, but it's gas prices rising that causes him to lose support.

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    after 2024 I finally accepted that the majority of voters around me will accept almost anything as long as their "comfy" little suburban lives are maintained for them by their overlords.

    depressing as fuck.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago*

    Totally agree 100%.

    Most of my countrymen are motivated by discomfort. The problem doesn’t exist until it visits them at their doorstep. Until that very moment, they’re happy being armchair experts on the world at large despite never having left home, let alone talking with people that are different from them.

    Also, it took me a while to grieve the fact that most Americans don’t read past the headline and deeply desire simple solutions to complex problems.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago

    I say this in every one of these posts about gas prices.

    Americans are in a bad way when they can’t absorb, even temporarily, the increase in gas prices.

    And this is exactly where politicians want us. They can use this to manipulate us one way or the other.

    But they’ll never fix the actual issues at play.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I’ll believe it when I see it. Indiana had their republican primaries yesterday, and Trump-backed candidates cleaned house. He’s still the king in the eyes of the GOP.

    Sure, maybe there’s some “undecided” or “swing” voters out there, but frankly, I wouldn’t trust them even a little bit. Anybody “undecided” in the current political climate simply isn’t paying attention and can’t be relied on to vote based on actual issues. There’s more than enough time to manipulate them into supporting Trump and the GOP.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    LOL, duh!

    Who else to blame?

    Anyone stupid enough to have been giggling about "I did that!" for Biden at the gas pump (how did he do that, exactly?) and now being willfully obtuse about this, when you can draw a straight line from dumbdumb donnie's actions to the price at the pump, is both an idiot and an asshole.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    The rise of gas prices back then was partially Biden's fault, but let me explain. If he hadn't gotten shit done to get COVID numbers down, we wouldn't have been able to go to work and school and bars and theme parks and sports events and whatever else people wanted to take their cars to. Demand was low during COVID, so supply was lowered to keep in line. Then suddenly demand was higher before supply could ramp back up to meet it.

    It was Biden's fault, because of he quickly solved a bigger problem, unlike this dipshit failing to understand basic shit like the direct, predictable consequences of bombing Iran.

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  • [+] 17 points 6 months ago (11 children)
  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Man, what a frustrating comment to read. I was so on board until the snootiness of the last two sentences. You don't make that kind of money? You obviously do if you're dropping 30k+ on a vehicle.

    For comparison's sake, the 2014 Altima I got 9 years ago gets 30 mpg. At the rate of $4.10/gallon I paid last week that's $0.14 a mile, which is a hefty 3x your number. But then consider that I rent a couple rooms in a house, so I'm not installing a fast charging station at home to fully take advantage of the cheap $0.17kw/hr you are, and at the apartment I lived in previously level 1 charging wouldn't be available at all. That leaves commercial charging stations which around me are closer to $0.30kw/hr. That would still make your EV (whatever model it is) about half the cost per mile, which is great, although not as great as my first impression felt when I saw your $0.04 number.

    But why would you assume that everyone can drop tens of thousands of dollars upfront to switch to an EV? I want to think you're just joking, but that didn't come through from text alone, and your other comment that it is a choice to use an ICE vehicle tells me you're probably not. That level of smarminess is just obnoxious.

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    What car do you have? I've been shopping for a while for when my wife's Prius dies. I'm not looking to judge if it's a Tesla but would appreciate if you would share your experience.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Oh man, it’s “democrats are going to win by a landslide so big you don’t even need to bother to vote” season already? How time flies.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Based on the takedown rate of my Trump “I did that” stickers folks in my area are a big part of that 40%.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    What kind of title is that? "blamed for" makes it sound whether or not it's his fault is being debated. "As democrats gain midterm edge" makes it sound that's the cause. It's his fault and the cause is he bombed a major oil exporter's country capital. There is no debate.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    An edge is meaningless when we all know they will do nothing with it

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    And just like that, Operation Epstein Fury ended

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    The Dems should print a shitload of "I did that" stickers with Trumps face and pointing hand or finger on it and spread them freely, so people stick them to all the ugly things he did. Like displays with gas or grocery prices.

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