O-SenseThe low price of oil worldwide and gasoline at the pumps is helping Idahoans much more than dropping stock prices, which some attribute to the glut of oil in the markets, a new Idaho Politics Weekly finds.
Seventy percent of Idahoans say low gas prices are a positive in their personal lives, 20 percent say no, gas prices as compared to stock market drops are a net loss to them, 5 percent say the two cancel each other out, and 6 percent don’t know.
Usually pollster Dan Jones & Associates finds that the opinions of men and women are close together on the questions he poses to them.
But in this case, Jones finds that men say lower gas prices are a positive in their personal lives, 77-18 percent.
Women, on the other hand, say the low gasoline prices come at a cost, 64 percent say it is a positive in their personal lives, but 22 percent say it is not.
One may figure that the more education one achieves, the more money one makes, and thus there is disposable income that can go into stocks, which have been suffering lately as oil prices across the world drop.
Jones finds that of those with a four-year college degree, 68 percent say low gasoline prices are good for them, 24 percent say they are not.
Among those who have a graduate or professional degree, like a lawyer or doctor, 65 percent say lower oil prices are good for them personally, with a quarter (25 percent) say they are not.
Jones polled 621 adults from Jan. 21 to Jan. 31, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.93 percent.
