{"id":9985,"date":"2026-02-09T13:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/02\/09\/poll-shows-democrats-hold-edge-over-trump-in-energy-cost-battle-ee-news-by-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:10:09","slug":"poll-shows-democrats-hold-edge-over-trump-in-energy-cost-battle-ee-news-by-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2026\/02\/09\/poll-shows-democrats-hold-edge-over-trump-in-energy-cost-battle-ee-news-by-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll shows Democrats hold edge over Trump in energy cost battle &#8211; E&#038;E News by POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-rocket-location-hash=\"75a6a47cfbc30d1dbe50aa488753efe2\" id=\"primary\">         <main id=\"main\">             <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/eenews-climatewire.svg\" alt=\"Climatewire\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><svg width=\"10\" height=\"10\" viewBox=\"0 0 10 10\" fill=\"none\"><rect x=\"4.68188\" width=\"6.62128\" height=\"6.62128\" transform=\"rotate(45 4.68188 0)\" fill=\"#D26060\" \/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>By <strong>Zack Colman<\/strong> |  02\/09\/2026 06:51 AM EST <\/p>\n<p>Energy affordability is expected to play a role in the midterm elections this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/dims4\/default\/55a1666\/2147483647\/resize\/600\/quality\/100\/?url=https:\/\/static.politico.com\/ce\/33\/97b939df42e28470b83f6da9c6db\/energy.png\" alt=\"A photo of Donald Trump speaking is collaged over a photo of an oil pumpjack in a field.\"><\/p>\n<p> <span>Illustration by Anna Wiederkehr\/POLITICO (source images via Getty)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section>\n<div>\n<article id=\"post-46364\" data-article-id=\"0000019c-3f5f-d0f8-adde-ff5f29ed0000\" data-article-subscriber-url=\"https:\/\/subscriber.politicopro.com\/article\/eenews\/2026\/02\/09\/poll-democrats-hold-edge-over-trump-in-energy-cost-battle-ee-1-00770909\">\n<div>\n<p>Slightly more Americans think Democrats, not Republicans, are the party most committed to reducing energy prices, a new POLITICO poll has found \u2014 yet another sign of potential trouble for President Donald Trump and the GOP on the issue of affordability.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-seven percent of U.S. adults believe Democrats care more about protecting them from spiking natural gas, heating and utility bills, compared with 25 percent who believe Republicans do, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000019c-331e-d647-addc-bbdfcce30000\" target=\"_blank\">according to the poll<\/a> of 2,093 people conducted by Public First on behalf of POLITICO.<\/p>\n<p>While far short of a majority, the edge for Democrats on the question is striking given the decades that surges in fuel costs have tormented nearly every Democratic president since Jimmy Carter, giving Republicans a message to hammer at election time. As recently as late 2024, polls showed most voters <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/651719\/economy-important-issue-2024-presidential-vote.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">trusting Trump over Kamala Harris<\/a> to shepherd the economy.<\/p>\n<p>But those tides may be turning, amid signs that stubbornly high \u2014 and rising \u2014 heating and electricity costs in much of the country could endanger Republicans\u2019 slim four-seat lead in the House in the November elections. Trump has tried to quash unrest over skyrocketing electricity bills, which have soared despite his vow to slash energy costs in half during his first year in office.  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>              \t\t\t                     <\/main>     <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Zack Colman | 02\/09\/2026 06:51 AM EST Energy affordability is expected to play a role in the midterm elections this year. Illustration by Anna Wiederkehr\/POLITICO (source images via Getty) Slightly more Americans think Democrats, not Republicans, are the party most committed to reducing energy prices, a new POLITICO poll has found \u2014 yet another [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}