What happens politically if gas prices go through the roof?

No, I think it’s amazing how fast political allegiance slips away when it starts affecting the ol’ wallet. Especially because, as already noted, I’d expect most MAGA types to be driving obnoxiously oversized gas-guzzlers, most commonly gigantic pickups.

It’s useful to think of the typical Republican voter as having a one-track mind, and where that track leads is determined entirely by how it affects their personal economic situation. For such a voter, the all-important metric is “the price of X”, where “X” can be anything. Usually, “X” must be as low as possible, unless they’re a homeowner and “X” is the cost of housing, in which case it must be as high as possible and screw all the first-time home buyers!