hopefully it was a big hole because santa is heading home. soon voters start heading to th polls with an economy that look like it is they re top issue on their minds. welcome everyone and merry christmas, this is a special edition of your world. in less than a month until iowa and new hampshire, many americans aren t feeling too festive about their bottom lines . in new poll shows 78 percent of voters think the economy is in bad shape with a lot of the blame falling on the white house . will this be a key factor? let s get the read from our holiday political panel. lauren, let me start with you. everyone s talking about the economy. well, i think that voters don t just care about the economy, they care about a better life, they want a better economy and a better life, they care about healthcare prices, they care about abortion access. and they care about holding corporations accountable for price gouging and for continuin to charge high prices even as inflation comes d
ey, is just flew economy from chicago and i had plenty of leg room but the got me for $51 at the time of precheckin in order to get that seat. i am being fee d to death and our audience are very, very upset. the perks that you havele suggested, lie-flat seats, that does not make up for the discomfort, the high prices and the general inconvenience of flying these days. it is very inconvenient. on the other end, spirit airlines, they have prereclined seats with 28-inches of space and they don t recline. that s he worth you can get. the cattle car is being driven on the commodity side because people want to fly and will squeeze in and get tighter and tighter to get the lowest fair. on the internet the price marry putting out, they re showing their cheapest price so when you re comparing, the
Commodities, orange juice three-year highs. gasoline, heating oil, crude oil. natural gas all have been strong. with the exception of natural gas, we are trying to figure that one out. heating oil is at multiyear highs as well. people are make a lot more to heat their home. for the first time in a couple of years people had held off in buying the winter coats, winters weren t that bad and they waited until this month and we see that some of the retailers that supply outer wear do very well. jenna: a mixed message on the one hand you pay more for orange juice but some of your favorite retailers are doing well. reporter: we are spending more, paying a lot more, paying a lot more for gasoline. almost $3 a gallon in gasoline right now. prices of things are going up. we ve been talking about that for a while now. jenna: is it just the weather or concerns about inflation as well playing in there, is that a tough combination to have? reporter: from the commodity side, from the sugar, oran