Blue states, especially those on the West Coast, continue to have the highest consumer costs for gasoline, even as the price of gas continues to drop.
Until recently, California has been the leader among states with the highest gas prices, but the new king of expensive gas is the state of Washington.
Drivers in Washington are paying an average of $4.66 a gallon on Monday, up 7 cents from the $4.459 average a week earlier, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA).
The average cost of a gallon in Texas, a red state, is a lot cheaper: about $2.87 per gallon.
And the cost of gasoline, even in California, is trending downward, with the Golden State enjoying prices that at about 13 cents cheaper than a year ago, AAA said on Monday.
Among blue states, with Washington most expensive and California second, Hawaii is third at about $4.48 a gallon, Oregon is fourth, where it costs $4.29.
The rest of the states in the US are seeing gas prices below $4 a gallon,
The central causes of high gas prices on the West Coast and Hawaii are high gas taxes and refinery shutdowns, both seasonal and unexpected, such as the February fire at the Martinez Refining Company in the San Francisco area, which has yet to return to capacity.