取暖油价破6美元冲击参议院选战路透10月24日报道：金斯顿老共和党人转投民主党帕帕斯
路透社10月24日自新罕布什尔州金斯顿发回的报道显示，取暖油价格飙升正在改写该州参议院选战的走向。80岁的里克·拉斯曼做了五十年的共和党人，今年冬天他将投票给民主党参议员候选人克里斯·帕帕斯，因为他所在的新罕布什尔州正面临一个取暖油价格高企的冬天。拉斯曼说，每加仑超过6美元的燃料是一笔巨大开支，这个冬天他不得不靠木柴炉辅助取暖。美国能源信息署的数据显示，全国取暖油价格已从一年前的约每加仑3.50美元涨至6美元以上；与取暖油相近的柴油价格更创下每加仑6.50美元以上的纪录。民主党候选人把涨价与特朗普政府对伊朗的战争联系起来，称战争扰乱了全球柴油供应；白宫则回应称能源部本周已从东北地区储备中释放取暖油，不过分析人士认为此举不太可能影响价格。路透社10月民调显示，近80%的美国人把包括能源在内的物价上涨归咎于特朗普的政策。
Heating Oil Above $6 Sends Shock Waves Through Senate Race: Reuters Reports Oct. 24 That a Kingston Republican Is Switching to Democrat Pappas
A Reuters report filed Oct. 24 from Kingston, New Hampshire, shows soaring heating oil prices reshaping the state's U.S. Senate race. Rick Russman, 80, a Republican for fifty years, will vote this winter for Democratic Senate candidate Chris Pappas because New Hampshire faces a winter of high heating oil prices. Russman said fuel at more than $6 a gallon is a huge expense and that he will have to supplement with a wood stove this winter. Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show national heating oil prices have risen from about $3.50 a gallon a year ago to more than $6, while diesel, which is similar to heating oil, has set records above $6.50 a gallon. The Democratic candidate has linked the price rises to the Trump administration's war on Iran, saying the war disrupted global diesel supply; the White House responded that the Energy Department this week released heating oil from the Northeast reserve, though analysts say the move is unlikely to affect prices. A Reuters October poll found that nearly 80 percent of Americans blame Trump's policies for rising prices, including energy.
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