High gas prices could cost Arizona candidates at ballot box, new poll shows

High gas prices aren’t just costing drivers at the pump — they could end up costing candidates at the ballot box, too, according to a new poll of Arizona voters.

Sixty-eight percent of respondents in a recent Arizona Public Opinion Pulse poll by Noble Predictive Insights said gas prices are likely to influence their choices in the upcoming midterm elections.

“Gas prices are one of the most visible ways voters feel the economy,” Mike Noble, founder and CEO of Phoenix-based Noble Predictive Insights, said in a press release. “You do not need to read an economic report to know what you paid at the pump.”

The poll, which surveyed Arizona 996 voters on May 5-7, found 90% were concerned about rising fuel prices, including 75% of Democrats and 54% of Republicans who said they were “very concerned.”

Noble said the polling shows fuel costs are becoming as much of a political issue as an economic one.

“Gas prices are not just a Republican issue or a Democratic issue,” he said. “But in this poll, the political intensity is actually stronger among some of the voters Democrats need most — younger voters (82%), Hispanics (79%), parents (80%) and moderates (74%).”

As of Wednesday morning, the statewide average for a gallon of gas was $4.83, nearly $1.50 higher than a year ago, according to AAA.

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