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Article: Americans Convinced Rise in Gas Prices Is Permanent; Seven in 10 say gas prices causing financial hardship.(Survey)
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- Gallup Poll News Service
- Article date:
- May 9, 2008
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Byline: Frank Newport
Synopsis: Over three-quarters of Americans, 78%, are now convinced that the current rise in gas prices represents a permanent rather than a temporary change in prices, the highest such reading since Gallup began asking about gas prices using this question eight years ago.
PRINCETON, NJ -- Over three-quarters of Americans are now convinced that the rise in the price of gas is permanent, the highest such reading since Gallup began asking about gas prices in this way in 2000.
Gallup has asked this question during this decade at various times when the price of gas has gone up, and there has been considerable ...