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Pump begins to cut the average person, it naturally brings a president's popularity down. as i say, it's a strong correlation. it is not a perfect correlation but it is also a lagging indcat tore. it takes awhile for high prices to cause a president to bleed popularity points. it doesn't happen right away. and also it obviously depends on how high the gas prices go and how long they stay there. >> reporter: sabato says that three presidents suffered greatly from high gasoline prices. nixon, who resigned from office for other reasons as we all know. but also president ford and president carter ...

>> it's not perfect. it takes a while for high prices to cause a president to bleed popularity points. it doesn't happen right away. it depends how high the gas prices go and how long they stay there. >> the day president obama was inaugurated the price was $1.84. today it's 3.52. spike over 90%. highest price was in 2008 when the bush administration reaching $3.81. one administration critic said the present spike is unique. >> president obama in the last three years did everything in his power to cripple increase in production. the world markets are taking a look at that and keeping the price...

>> it's not perfect. it takes a while for high prices to cause a president to bleed popularity points. it doesn't happen right away. it depends how high the gas prices go and how long they stay there. >> the day president obama was inaugurated the price was $1.84. today it's 3.52. spike over 90%. highest price was in 2008 when the bush administration reaching $3.81. one administration critic said the present spike is unique. >> president obama in the last three years did everything in his power to cripple increase in production. the world markets are taking a look at that and keeping the price...