Sunday, September 12, 2021

Is there a Republican death wish? Check out this link.

In the social sciences it's  rare to see a simple, clear, unequivocal relationship between two variables. People are complex, issues are multi-faceted, categories are often fuzzy, good data hard to come by.

That's what makes the graph in this article from The Daily Kos, "A Simple Actuarial Analysis" so mind-blowing.

The x-axis is the county-by-county percentage of Trump voters in the 2020 election.

The y-axis is the number of Covid deaths per 100,000 residents in those counties between 7/10/21 and 9/7/21.

Please take a look and come to your own conclusion.

US Capitol, January 6, 2021



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