one thing i do wonder (as someone who dislikes BOTH parties equally), is if the sharply lower oil prices has anything to do with the election not much question that gas prices were a burr under the saddle of the population, and a concern for republicans equally true, is that oil companies would rather see republicans than democrats i also believe, that much of the fuel in the stock market, has been the oil price relief maybe it's a coincidence - oil prices sometimes move for no explainable reason - $10 bbl in 1999, for example. so it might have nothing to do with the election but what if it does?