{"id":940,"date":"2026-10-27T10:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themedianow.net\/2026-10-27-gas-prices-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:37:24","slug":"2026-10-27-gas-prices-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themedianow.net\/ro\/2026-10-27-gas-prices-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices stay near $4.29 a gallon as midterms approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gas prices stay near $4.29 a gallon as midterms approach<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Created:<\/strong> 2026-10-27T07:00:00-04:00 (America\/New_York)<br><strong>Last updated:<\/strong> 2026-10-27T06:36:31-04:00 (America\/New_York)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AAA\u2019s national average for regular gasoline was $4.2858 on Oct. 26, about $1.23 above a year earlier, as several outlets compared prices under President Trump with the Biden-era average ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What we can say from primary-oriented reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AAA national average, regular, as of 10\/26\/26: $4.2858; yesterday $4.2892; week ago $4.2953; month ago $4.4874; year ago $3.0532.<\/li>\n<li>AAA (Oct. 22 release): national average fell 6 cents in a week to $4.27, attributed to the winter-blend transition; crude near $100\/barrel amid Strait of Hormuz instability; October on pace to be the most expensive October on record.<\/li>\n<li>Not yet verified against a primary source (TBD): The Trump-term vs. Biden-term average comparison cited by Reuters\/Bloomberg (underlying EIA data series and method) not yet independently recomputed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Primary sources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">AAA Gas Prices \u2014 national average (as of 10\/26\/26)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/national-average-falls-6-cents-but-crude-oil-nears-100-barrel\/\" rel=\"noopener\">AAA release, Oct. 22, 2026: National Average Falls 6 Cents, But Crude Oil Nears $100\/Barrel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How outlets framed it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Visually separated appendix \u2014 outlet angles from headlines in today\u2019s scout. Not our voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reuters:<\/strong> Headline frames the story as: \u201cAverage price of gasoline during Trump&#8217;s term now exceeds Biden&#8217;s, as midterms loom\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bloomberg:<\/strong> Headline frames the story as: \u201cGasoline Prices Under Trump Surpass Biden-Era Average\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>CNN:<\/strong> Headline frames the story as: \u201cFact check: Breaking down Trump\u2019s rosy comparison to gas prices under Biden\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Newsweek:<\/strong> Headline frames the story as: \u201cTrump Says Gas Prices Were Higher Under Biden. Here\u2019s What the Data Shows\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>NPR:<\/strong> Headline frames the story as: \u201cTrump attempts to combat high gas prices as affordability crisis looms over midterms\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>NYT:<\/strong> Headline frames the story as: \u201cThey Voted for Trump. Here\u2019s How They Feel About High Gas Prices.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas prices stay near $4.29 a gallon as midterms approach Created: 2026-10-27T07:00:00-04:00 (America\/New_York)Last updated: 2026-10-27T06:36:31-04:00 (America\/New_York) AAA\u2019s national average for regular gasoline was $4.2858 on Oct. 26, about $1.23 above a year earlier, as several outlets compared prices under President Trump with the Biden-era average ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms. What we can say [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themedianow.net\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themedianow.net\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themedianow.net\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themedianow.net\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themedianow.net\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themedianow.net\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themedianow.net\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themedianow.net\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themedianow.net\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}