# Voters Head to the Polls With the Highest Election Day Gas Price on Record in Dollar Terms

> AAA put the US national average for regular gasoline at $4.149 a gallon on Tuesday, Nov. 3, two cents below Monday and up $1.11 from a year earlier. Diesel averaged $6.288, up $2.61 year on year, while Brent and WTI were trading near $106 and $98 after a sharp Monday fall.

- Date: 2026-11-03 · published 2026-11-03T15:57:42.721Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/78046-voters-head-to-the-polls-with-the-highest-election-day-gas-price-on-record-in
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md), [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md), [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Diesel and heating oil strength reflects the Middle East war and Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries, tightening distillate supply for feed logistics and farm costs. Crude swings driven by US-Iran peace headlines are keeping energy-linked feed input costs volatile.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: neutral
- BRENT: neutral
- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WTI | 2019-10-21 | [Loonie rallies to three-month high as Canadians vote in general election](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56797-loonie-rallies-to-three-month-high-as-canadians-vote-in-general-election.md) | +5.2% | +7.1% |
| WTI | 2022-10-17 | [Canadian dollar gains as investors weigh high inflation expectations - The Globe and Mail](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39353-canadian-dollar-gains-as-investors-weigh-high-inflation-expectations-the-globe.md) | -0.7% | +3.7% |
| WTI | 2022-02-02 | [Record euro zone inflation piles pressure on ECB \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9873-record-euro-zone-inflation-piles-pressure-on-ecb-reuters.md) | +1.3% | +25.5% |
| WTI | 2017-03-15 | [Will A Fed Rate Hike Boost The Price Of Oil? \| Investing.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71924-will-a-fed-rate-hike-boost-the-price-of-oil-investing-com.md) | -0.6% | +12.6% |
| WTI | 2026-07-29 | [ING Says Dollar to Take Cue from Oil Prices If Fed Holds Rate \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18262-ing-says-dollar-to-take-cue-from-oil-prices-if-fed-holds-rate-financial-post.md) | -4.4% | +3.8% |
| BRENT | 2017-03-15 | [Will A Fed Rate Hike Boost The Price Of Oil? \| Investing.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71924-will-a-fed-rate-hike-boost-the-price-of-oil-investing-com.md) | +0.6% | +10.4% |
| BRENT | 2020-12-03 | [Why the OPEC+ agreement to boost production in 2021 didn’t tank oil prices - MarketWatch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49827-why-the-opec-agreement-to-boost-production-in-2021-didn-t-tank-oil-prices.md) | +1.7% | +7.3% |
| BRENT | 2018-12-05 | [Australian dollar drops, ASX expected to recover after global sell-off - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61807-australian-dollar-drops-asx-expected-to-recover-after-global-sell-off-abc-news.md) | -2.7% | -11.5% |

## Sources

- energynewsbeat.co: https://energynewsbeat.co/diesel/voters-head-to-the-polls-with-the-highest-election-day-gas-price-on-record-in-dollar-terms/
- energynewsbeat.com: https://energynewsbeat.com/diesel/voters-head-to-the-polls-with-the-highest-election-day-gas-price-on-record-in-dollar-terms/

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