1.31.2021

Gas Prices

My Facebook feed is still filled Trump supporters 

  1. Predicting gas prices will rise with Biden in office.
  2. Thanking Trump for cheap gas 

so I thought I'd take a look at what really happened. 


Here are monthly gas prices since January 2014. 



The story on gasoline prices during the Obama and Trump terms.

  • They fell in the last few years of the Obama term. 
  • They went up slightly in the first couple years of the Trump term.
  • Then went down for a bit only to go up a little in the last year.

Basically, they have been about the same since they fell in Obama's second term.

What to make of this?

  • Gas prices may very well rise during the Biden term. who knows
  • Trump did not give us cheap gas.
  • Obama did not give us cheap gas 
  • Technology, a global oil glut, and falling demand gave us cheap gas.


All data from EIA data

President     Date Price
Obama     Jan-2014 $3.39
Obama     Feb-2014 $3.43
Obama        Mar-2014 $3.61
Obama     Apr-2014 $3.74
Obama     May-2014 $3.75
Obama     Jun-2014 $3.77
Obama     Jul-2014 $3.69
Obama     Aug-2014 $3.57
Obama     Sep-2014 $3.48
Obama     Oct-2014 $3.26
Obama     Nov-2014 $3.00
Obama     Dec-2014 $2.63
Obama     Jan-2015 $2.21
Obama     Feb-2015 $2.30
Obama       Mar-2015 $2.55
Obama     Apr-2015 $2.56
Obama     May-2015 $2.80
Obama     Jun-2015 $2.89
Obama     Jul-2015 $2.88
Obama     Aug-2015 $2.73
Obama     Sep-2015 $2.46
Obama     Oct-2015 $2.39
Obama     Nov-2015 $2.26
Obama     Dec-2015 $2.14
Obama     Jan-2016 $2.06
Obama     Feb-2016 $1.87
Obama     Mar-2016 $2.07
Obama     Apr-2016 $2.22
Obama     May-2016 $2.37
Obama     Jun-2016 $2.47
Obama     Jul-2016 $2.35
Obama     Aug-2016 $2.28
Obama     Sep-2016 $2.33
Obama     Oct-2016 $2.36
Obama     Nov-2016 $2.30
Obama     Dec-2016 $2.37
Transition    Jan-2017 $2.46
Trump     Feb-2017 $2.42
Trump     Mar-2017 $2.44
Trump     Apr-2017 $2.53
Trump     May-2017 $2.50
Trump     Jun-2017 $2.46
Trump     Jul-2017 $2.41
Trump     Aug-2017 $2.49
Trump     Sep-2017 $2.76
Trump     Oct-2017 $2.62
Trump     Nov-2017 $2.68
Trump     Dec-2017 $2.59
Trump     Jan-2018 $2.67
Trump     Feb-2018 $2.71
Trump     Mar-2018 $2.71
Trump     Apr-2018 $2.87
Trump     May-2018 $2.99
Trump     Jun-2018 $2.97
Trump     Jul-2018 $2.93
Trump     Aug-2018 $2.91
Trump     Sep-2018 $2.92
Trump     Oct-2018 $2.94
Trump     Nov-2018 $2.74
Trump     Dec-2018 $2.46
Trump     Jan-2019 $2.34
Trump     Feb-2019 $2.39
Trump     Mar-2019 $2.59
Trump     Apr-2019 $2.88
Trump     May-2019 $2.95
Trump     Jun-2019 $2.80
Trump     Jul-2019 $2.82
Trump     Aug-2019 $2.71
Trump     Sep-2019 $2.68
Trump     Oct-2019 $2.72
Trump     Nov-2019 $2.69
Trump     Dec-2019 $2.65
Trump     Jan-2020 $2.64
Trump     Feb-2020 $2.53
Trump     Mar-2020 $2.33
Trump     Apr-2020 $1.94
Trump     May-2020 $1.96
Trump     Jun-2020 $2.17
Trump     Jul-2020 $2.27
Trump     Aug-2020 $2.27
Trump     Sep-2020 $2.27
Trump     Oct-2020 $2.25
Trump     Nov-2020 $2.20
Trump     Dec-2020 $2.28
Transition    Jan-2021 $2.42






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