Most Americans back Russian oil sanctions, even with soaring gas prices: polls
Polls suggest Americans giving Biden a thumbs down on dealing with soaring gas prices
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It’s something you don’t often see nowadays – across the board bipartisan support.
But that’s what a slew of national polls conducted in recent days indicate when it comes to banning Russia oil to punish Moscow for its deadly full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
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Nearly two-thirds of those questioned in a CBS News/YouGuv poll conducted March 8-11 said they support the sanctions on Russia oil and gas, even if it means paying more for fuel prices.
Gas prices, all over the $5 per gallon mark, are displayed at a gas station in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Monday, March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli / AP Newsroom)
And that percentage jumped to 77% in an ABC News/Ipsos survey that questioned Americans on March 11 and 12.
Following a chorus of calls from both Republicans and Democrats in Congress, President Biden last Tuesday announced a ban on all imports of Russian oil, gas and other energy to the United States, targeting what the president called "the main artery" of Moscow’s economy.
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The move came with the acknowledgement that already sky-high gas prices would soar even higher.
And they have. According to AAA, the national average for regular gasoline stood at $4.32 on Monday morning.
The ABC News and CBS News surveys were the latest, but not the only ones, to indicate strong support for the oil sanctions against Moscow.
Seventy-one percent in a Quinnipiac University national poll and 79% of those questioned in a Wall Street Journal survey – which were both released last week – backed the sanctions even if they led to even higher prices at the pumps.
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But support for the oil sanctions regardless of their effect on gas prices doesn’t mean Americans are giving Biden a thumbs up on the current inflation gut punch.
Seven in 10 questioned in the ABC News poll said they disapprove of how the president’s handling gas prices. And 63% of those surveyed by the Wall Street Journal approved of Biden’s handling of inflation.