Embed from Getty Images Sen. John Fetter­man has in­di­cated that en­ergy would not be in the fore­front of Penn­syl­va­nians’ vot­ing de­ci­sions this year, but he may not be ac­count­ing for its re­la­tion to in­fla­tion. In­fla­tion ranks as cru­cially im­por­tant, a top con­cern of the vot­ing pub­lic in the 2024 elec­tion. While the en­ergy is­sue had a mar­ginal ef­fect in Penn­syl­va­nia’s 2020 elec­tion cy­cle, its con­nec­tion to higher prices could be de­ci­sive in 2024. In the spring, a Com­mon­wealth Foun­da­tion sur­vey of 800 Penn­syl­va­nia reg­is­tered vot­ers found that more than two-thirds named in­fla­tion as an im­ped­i­ment to main­tain­ing their stan­dard of liv­ing. [...]

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