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Concern About Gas Prices, by Party

Share of U.S. adults very concerned about the price of gas and energy, %

All adults: 74% in Oct 2026+31 pp since Jan 2026
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Current·Data to Oct 2026

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All adults · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years

Democrats · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years

Republicans · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years

Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. A projection, not a promise.

Pew Research Center surveys; points are survey waves. Party groups include those who lean toward each party.

How worried Americans are about gas and energy prices, overall and by party. Read it beside the U.S. Gasoline and Diesel Prices chart: concern tends to follow the pump.

What this chart reads

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Very Concerned About Gas and energy prices · U.S. adults (Pew). Source: Pew Research Center, American Trends Panel: a probability-based online panel of U.S. adults (about 5,000 interviewed in the latest wave). Values are Pew's published figures, copied from the report's chart data and checked against its topline. Each reading is dated at the last day of fieldwork. Citation: "Cost Concerns Dominate as Public's Economic Ratings Turn More Negative." Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (October 8, 2026) https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/10/08/cost-concerns-dominate-as-publics-economic-ratings-turn-more-negative/

Very Concerned About Gas and energy prices · Democrats (Pew). Source: Pew Research Center, American Trends Panel: a probability-based online panel of U.S. adults (about 5,000 interviewed in the latest wave). Values are Pew's published figures, copied from the report's chart data and checked against its topline. Each reading is dated at the last day of fieldwork. Citation: "Cost Concerns Dominate as Public's Economic Ratings Turn More Negative." Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (October 8, 2026) https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/10/08/cost-concerns-dominate-as-publics-economic-ratings-turn-more-negative/

Very Concerned About Gas and energy prices · Republicans (Pew). Source: Pew Research Center, American Trends Panel: a probability-based online panel of U.S. adults (about 5,000 interviewed in the latest wave). Values are Pew's published figures, copied from the report's chart data and checked against its topline. Each reading is dated at the last day of fieldwork. Citation: "Cost Concerns Dominate as Public's Economic Ratings Turn More Negative." Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (October 8, 2026) https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/10/08/cost-concerns-dominate-as-publics-economic-ratings-turn-more-negative/

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