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JixHedgehog posted...

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Boom, stats

Bush and Trump had Barry beat

And if you add Joe into the mix...

The actual takeaway message from the graph that you keep ignoring is that fluctuations in oil prices are largely independent of who's president. You'll see the occasional change that lines up with major events/policy decisions, but those effects are rarely felt immediately and often extend into the next president's term. Throw in that Trump's average takes advantage of several months of a profound Covid-induced drop in demand (and therefore price), which is relatively significant on the scale of a single term, and that Biden inherited the steady climb that started as the world started back up and had to contend with supply issues caused by Covid, and suggesting that Biden is to blame for this current high is pretty clear evidence that you understand pretty much nothing about the situation and are just looking for a scapegoat that aligns with your pre-established political views.

We should also probably point out that Bush's average is nearly double Clinton's, so that whole "don't vote Democrat if you don't like high gas prices" thing falls apart immediately. Four presidents are hardly enough to establish meaningful averages (and, again, distilling it down to who's president at the time indicates very little about why gas prices are fluctuating), but the figures you provided yield an average of $2.12 for Democratic presidents and $2.31 for Republicans (even giving Bush double the weight in that average because he served two terms; the comparison would be even less favourable if they were weighted equally, but that would be poor statistical analysis). Usually, "boom, stats" is something you say when you find statistics that support your claim, not disprove it.