Republican hesitancy to get the vaccine results in more virus and death in their states.
That separation on the right-hand graph? Just after the two county categories separated on vaccine uptake.https://t.co/9g2MqEpHYJ pic.twitter.com/jsg6fOjrcw
— Philip Bump (@pbump) September 8, 2022
Political scientists: this is not stunning. https://t.co/4XcgicMgrW
— Jeffrey Lazarus (@jlazarus001) July 7, 2021
Analysis: A third of White conservatives refuse to get the vaccine — a refusal shown both in polling and the real world https://t.co/dLrEqhq3hP
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 7, 2021
Republicans are far more likely to say they won't get vaccinated. Red states almost universally have lower rates of vaccination. No factor besides politics correlates as strongly to vaccination rates.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 7, 2021
So, um, maybe politics is playing a role here?https://t.co/dU7FrnJwyN pic.twitter.com/elH0tgXzjM
Biden earns high marks for handling the coronavirus pandemic, but many Republicans resist vaccines, according to Post-ABC poll https://t.co/bkCzPvZ0T8
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 4, 2021
Of the 19 states (including DC) that have already hit 70% of adults with at least one vaccine dose, Joe Biden carried every single one in 2020.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 4, 2021
And of the 17 states that have yet to surpass even 60%, Trump won them all with one exception: Georgia. @NBCNews
Sad! 