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If you look at it over time, the economy and who you vote for for president is a nonlinear relationship. that's what we call it and pulling terms. what that means is an incumbent absolutely gets punished for a bad economy. if you are her overt humor -- herbert humor, you are blamed for the bad economy, particularly if you do do not e two critical things in an election is an incumbent, talk about your success, talk about the next step, and disqualify your opponent as a threat to that economic birth. can i gave you one example that we have been through? >> sean: yes. thank goodness, where is the...

President is a nonlinear relationship. that's what we call it in polling terms. what that means is, an incumbent absolutely gets punished for a bad economy. if you are herbert hoover, you are blamed for the bad economy, on the other hand, a good economy is not necessarily were awarded as or consistently, particularly if you do not do two critical things in an election is an incumbent, talk about your success, talk about the next step, and disqualify your opponent as a threat to that economic growth. can i gave you one example that we have been through? >> sean: yes. thank goodness, where has t...

Meaning more americans have potentially more take-home pay. however, because of the increase in gas prices, more of the take-home pay could be going to the pump, especially when you consider the numbers. about a 31% rise in the cost of gas since last year. already the highest it's been since 2014 when 36 million americans hit the road this travel season. that certainly could add to pain at the pump. some say it is what it is, this is the reality of gas prices. but there are some, though, taking notice of this. there are some that said that maybe it's time to change jobs. an example, an uber dr...

Time of year. what exactly is driving this spike? >> reporter: think about it, fred. there's about 36 million people according to aaa hitting the roads this afternoon. it's expected to be an expensive travel season. the price of fuel, $2.97 a gallon nationally, that's something people here in new jersey would only hope for. the gas $3.10 when i checked a little while ago. a couple of reasons, to answer the question of why these kinds of prices. one is the president reimposing sanctions on iran. that extra demand has led to the highest fuel prices we've seen in four years. what will that mean f...

Gas prices as a new tax on roughly some of the 36 million people expected to hit the road this summer -- at least this memorial day weekend, according to aaa. people are spending more on gas which could hurt consumer confidence, but it means more take-home for those benefitting on the trump tax plan. that could impact the upcoming midterms. what is happening here? at this point the average cost of a gallon of regular unleaded at $2.97. nationally here, people could only dream of that. it's about $3.10 ads the memorial day weekend gets started. those numbers according to aaa. certainly demand i...