Want lower gas prices? It pays to be in the biggest battleground state

Posted at: 10/23/2012 12:49 PM
By: Berkeley Brean | WHEC.com

Here's one for all you conspiracy theorists. It's about the decline in gas prices. They've gone down for us in New York. But nowhere have they decreased as much than for the voters in Ohio.

Here is an analysis of gas prices and the drop in regular per gallon price from a week ago, a month ago and a year ago. The average price for regular is in brackets next to the state. This looks at the changes in New York versus four "battleground" election states.

The national averages are at the bottom.

The numbers show the decreases are all in the same ballpark with the exception of Ohio which has seen drops of .20 cents in the past week to .37 cents in the past month.

They also show that gas prices are up considerably across the board from where they were this time last year.

New York ($3.97)

1 week ago: -8

1 month ago: -10

1 year ago: +18


Virginia ($3.48)

1 week ago: -9

1 month ago: -19

1 year ago: +15

Ohio ($3.32)

1 week ago: -20

1 month ago: -37

1 year ago: +8


Florida ($3.58)

1 week ago: -10

1 month ago: -16

1 year ago: +14

CO ($3.60)

1 week ago: -6

1 month ago: -12

1 year ago: +11


USA ($3.65)

1 week ago: -10

1 month ago: -16

1 year ago: +18

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