Most Americans blame Putin and oil companies for higher gas prices, poll indicates
Source: Politico
A significant majority of Americans blame Russian President Vladimir Putin for the recent spike in America's gas prices, but almost as many blame oil companies, according a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday.
In asked about the sizable increase in fuel prices in 2022, more than two-thirds of those polled blamed Putin — 71 percent — and oil companies — 68 percent — either a "great deal" or a "good amount."
Prices started to spike before Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February but have accelerated since, given efforts to stop helping Putin pay for his war through export of his nation's vast supplies of oil and gas. Only 8 percent found Putin to be blameless in this matter; the same was true of oil companies.
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A majority of those polled also placed blame on President Joe Biden — 51 percent — and the policies of the Democratic Party — 52 percent — for the higher fuel prices. In contrast, a third of those polled blamed the policies of the Republican Party and a quarter put some blame on former President Donald Trump.
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Maybe they could try honesty once in a while 
are aware that he negotiated a big production cut with his buds the Saudis when prices were down, no doubt at the behest of American oil companies, which became a significant factor in high prices once demand went back up?
American media does an execrable job "informing" the public. Of course, people are lazy and don't understand that spending a little time to be informed costs a lot less than living under policies resulting from letting big business and the wealthy write the laws, which is what we have now.
He drove this country right into the ground to hear them tell it. My life is pretty good
