, Columnist
Nobody's Voting About Energy
Low prices have changed the political calculus for oil and gas.
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It's Election Day and energy doesn't matter. That's a hard thing for me to write, obviously. But, honestly, when energy is this cheap, it's hard to get Americans to focus on it. See how different things are from four years ago?
It isn't just that fuel prices have collapsed. If you bought a new car during Obama's second term, you're likely to get further on each gallon (and each hour of wages -- see this).