8/7/2019 Poll Shows How Gas Prices Affect Driving Habits

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High gas prices

changing habitsA new McClatchy-Marist poll asks about the impact of high prices at 

the pump and the U.S.involvement in the Libyan crisis.

55%Yes

45%No

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• Have you changed driving habits

because of high gas prices?

34%U.S. oil companies

36%Turmoil in Middle East

11%President Obama, Democrats

7%Republicans in Congress

• What is most to blame for thehigh cost of gas?

44%

Approve

46%Disapprove

• How President Obama ishandling the Libya situation

42%Yes

57%

No

• Do you have a clear idea of whatthe U.S. is trying to do in Libya?

Source: McClatchy-Marist poll of 1,274 adults,April 10-14, 2011; margin of error: +/-3percentage points

Graphic: Judy Treible

State, local taxes: 3%; unsure: 10%

Unsure: 10%

Unsure: 1%