If the Democrats win, you’ll be in for a shockIng rise in electricity and gasoline prices. : This segment of What’s Ahead explains why your wallet will be burned by higher gasoline and electricity prices if the Democrats win the White House and the Senate. The U.S. enjoys low energy prices because of an abundance of natural gas and the surge in production of oil. Democrats loathe these fuels and will attack them with an avalanche of smothering regulations and lawsuits, just as they did with the coal industry during the Obama/Biden regime.