Gas prices - voters' No. 1 concern

[Dos Equis]

Gas prices - voters' No. 1 concern
Posted: 10:22 AM ET

From CNNMoney.com's Kenneth Musante

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – The high price of gasoline is voters' top economic concern, according to a poll released Friday.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll found that 35% said price of gasoline was their highest concern. That was followed by availability of good jobs (28%), high taxes (18%) and mortgages or home values (18%).

The poll was taken on Sept. 5-7 and surveyed 1,022 adults. It has a margin of error of three percentage points.

While energy concerns led the list, the percentage of respondents who said that high gas prices were causing them "financial hardship" fell to 63% from 75% in July.

Indeed, gas was selling at $3.67 on Friday - more than 80 cents higher than it was a year ago - but 40 cents below its high point in July.

Commodity investors have been worried that the high price of gasoline and other petroleum-derived fuels have been cutting into demand.

Volatile gas prices ticked upward Friday as Hurricane Ike threatened the north Texas coast

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[calmus]

Kissing ass at the good old boys' club - some misguided not-good-old-boys first concern.

[24KT]

Volatile gas prices ticked upward Friday as Hurricane Ike threatened the north Texas coast

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   Holy Cow... I didn't even know Texas had a north coast. That's messed up!  

[Neurotoxin]

a concerted effort is underway on Wall Street to help McCain by selling off oil futures before the Nov elections. similar to the $1.00 drop before the 2006 midterm election.  

as BB mentioned, gas prices are concern #1, so manipulation will continue until the votes are counted. Ike's affect on price will be short lived.


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