Compare the gas price map with the 2004 electoral vote map

[Newsjock]

You'll laugh, or you'll cry ...

http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx


I know I'll cry when I go to fill up today.

[Kelly Rupert]

1. Areas with larger rural populations

have cheaper gas and vote Republican. Areas with larger urban populations have more-expensive gas and vote Democratic. I doubt there's a connection.

[AnneD]

2. Never regret....

being right.

[Fresh_Start]

3. Look at a property values map

You'll most likely see the same type of results.

[BlackVelvet04]

4. Don't the blue states usually

have a high gas tax? I heard on the news that one of the reasons California gas prices are so high is that they have a very high tax.

[HockeyMom]

5. It looks like a map of the 2004 Presidential Election

FYI, $2.84 on Long Island and going up by the DAY.

[stillcool]

6. I had thought that the price of gas was...

relative to the distance traveled from the refineries, and different taxes imposed by different states. Now the refinery equation appears totally bullshit...but I'm not sure about state taxes. Actually, I'm not sure about anything.