I'm getting real tired of your willful ignorance. Initially the states that have cities that are destinations for domestic and international travel fared worst.
They did the shutdowns, social distancing and masking and now it is the red states that are suffering the most because of their resistance to those measures.
Here are the facts:
Coronavirus’ spread in GOP territory, explained in 6 charts
By BILL BARROW, KEVIN VINEYS and ANGELIKI KASTANIS
June 30, 2020
https://apnews.com/7aa2fcf7955333834e01a7f9217c77d2
Coronavirus first spread in the United States as a mostly coastal and big-city scourge, sparing many rural areas, small towns and even small cities. Translated into U.S. political geography: The virus hit Democratic areas first.
No more. An Associated Press analysis of coronavirus case data shows the virus has moved — and is spreading quickly — into Republican areas, a new path with broad potential political ramifications.
States that President Donald Trump won in the 2016 election account for about 75% of the new cases, a trend that has accelerated since the end of May. Counties that voted for Trump in 2016 have seen cases and deaths rising — now seeing an impact nearly even with counties that voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton.
The virus’s spread into red America could scramble partisan divisions over the disease. In the first phase, the virus was an undeniable reality for many Democrats, and it largely fell to Democratic governors and mayors to issue the strictest stay-at-home orders that helped slow the economy to a crawl.
After surge, parity in COVID-19 deaths in GOP, Democratic counties
The rate of COVID-19 deaths in U.S. counties that voted Republican in the 2016 presidential race has nearly matched that of Democratic-voting counties, which has been dropping after experiencing an initial spike early in the pandemic.
One clear pattern: a state’s governor seems to matter. New cases in states with Republican governors, regardless of how those states voted in 2016, now considerably outpace those in states run by Democrats. That circumstance comes after months of trending away from the initial analysis, when Democratic states were the hotspots. That trend roughly reflects how the two parties’ governors have approached the pandemic.
GOP governors generally have leaned more heavily in favor of lighter government restrictions on social gatherings and business operations. Democratic governors, on average, have embraced stricter restrictions and more forcefully advocated for caution.
The pattern is repeated when looking at deaths. States with Republican governors have seen an increase as an overall share of the national measure. Democratic-run states, meanwhile, have dropped over time. In recent weeks, there’s been rough parity and smaller spikes and drops between the two groups of states. But it’s another notable correlation between the public health outcomes and the policies governors have chosen.
They did the shutdowns, social distancing and masking and now it is the red states that are suffering the most because of their resistance to those measures.
Here are the facts:
Coronavirus’ spread in GOP territory, explained in 6 charts
By BILL BARROW, KEVIN VINEYS and ANGELIKI KASTANIS
June 30, 2020
https://apnews.com/7aa2fcf7955333834e01a7f9217c77d2
Coronavirus first spread in the United States as a mostly coastal and big-city scourge, sparing many rural areas, small towns and even small cities. Translated into U.S. political geography: The virus hit Democratic areas first.
No more. An Associated Press analysis of coronavirus case data shows the virus has moved — and is spreading quickly — into Republican areas, a new path with broad potential political ramifications.
States that President Donald Trump won in the 2016 election account for about 75% of the new cases, a trend that has accelerated since the end of May. Counties that voted for Trump in 2016 have seen cases and deaths rising — now seeing an impact nearly even with counties that voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton.
The virus’s spread into red America could scramble partisan divisions over the disease. In the first phase, the virus was an undeniable reality for many Democrats, and it largely fell to Democratic governors and mayors to issue the strictest stay-at-home orders that helped slow the economy to a crawl.
After surge, parity in COVID-19 deaths in GOP, Democratic counties
The rate of COVID-19 deaths in U.S. counties that voted Republican in the 2016 presidential race has nearly matched that of Democratic-voting counties, which has been dropping after experiencing an initial spike early in the pandemic.
One clear pattern: a state’s governor seems to matter. New cases in states with Republican governors, regardless of how those states voted in 2016, now considerably outpace those in states run by Democrats. That circumstance comes after months of trending away from the initial analysis, when Democratic states were the hotspots. That trend roughly reflects how the two parties’ governors have approached the pandemic.
GOP governors generally have leaned more heavily in favor of lighter government restrictions on social gatherings and business operations. Democratic governors, on average, have embraced stricter restrictions and more forcefully advocated for caution.
The pattern is repeated when looking at deaths. States with Republican governors have seen an increase as an overall share of the national measure. Democratic-run states, meanwhile, have dropped over time. In recent weeks, there’s been rough parity and smaller spikes and drops between the two groups of states. But it’s another notable correlation between the public health outcomes and the policies governors have chosen.
