Pain at the pump could shift midterm outcome: 'This election is likely won or lost at the pump'

Gas prices are spiking ahead of the midterm elections, and many strategists agree that regardless of whether President Biden's policies caused the high prices, "this election is likely won or lost at the pump."

California is currently experiencing the highest gas prices in the country at $6.43 a gallon, a two dollar increase from the same time last year when the cost for gas per gallon stood at $4.41. In Nevada, where all eyes are on the midterm Senate race that pits Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., against GOP opponent Adam Laxalt, prices at the pump are the second-highest in the country at $5.54 per gallon, compared to $3.88 in October 2021.

Kellyanne Conway, Republican pollster and Fox News contributor, placed the blame firmly on Biden, "a president with no energy — and no energy plan."