By Joe Benton
ConsumerAffairs.com
May 4, 2006
The most recent Gallup poll finds three in four Americans are angry with the recent increase in gasoline prices and they are blaming the oil companies and the Bush administration.
By a wide margin, Americans say they trust the Democrats in Congress more than the Republicans to deal with rising gasoline prices.
Americans, according to the poll, favor a series of actions to address the issue including price controls but are more likely to oppose than favor the idea of offering consumers a $100 gas rebate.
Seventy-five percent of Americans say they are "angry" about the recent increase in gas prices.
The April 28-30, 2006 poll finds that the average American is paying $2.93 per gallon of gasoline and expects gas prices to peak at an average of $3.62 this year.
The poll asked those angry about the increase in gas prices to say who they are angry with. Half of those who are angry are directing their anger toward the gas and oil companies.
Twenty-six percent are angry with President George W. Bush or the Bush administration in particular, and another 21 percent are angry at "the government" or "politicians" in general.
