How much have COVID vaccines, which themselves have absolutely nothing to do with politics, become politicized? Here's how much.
Here are two tables that show the states in order of the percentage of their populations which are fully vaccinated along with how they voted in 2020.
Here are two tables that show the states in order of the percentage of their populations which are fully vaccinated along with how they voted in 2020.
On a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 means there is no relationship and 100 means they are totally related, the relationship between the percentage of a state's population that is fully vaccinated against COVID and the number of points by which Trump won or lost the state is a 78.
For a few examples, Vermont is the state with the highest vaccination rate (and, by the way, happens to have a Republican Governor). And it's the contest where Trump did second worst (only in DC did he lose by a greater margin).
West Virginia was Trump's best state. It has the second lowest fully vaccinated rate.
The narrowest 2020 swing states tend to be less vaccinated than the states where Trump lost badly.
The more competitive red states tend to be more vaccinated than those where Trump dominated.
The narrowest 2020 swing states tend to be less vaccinated than the states where Trump lost badly.
The more competitive red states tend to be more vaccinated than those where Trump dominated.
This pattern has been true for several months because I keep checking it and it continues to be true even as time passes. And it's both weird and telling.
22 of the 25 most vaccinated states were won by Biden.
22 of the 25 least vaccinated states were won by Trump.
22 of the 25 most vaccinated states were won by Biden.
22 of the 25 least vaccinated states were won by Trump.
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