Did COVID Death Rates Change this Election?

Did COVID Death Rates Change this Election? November 15, 2022

Republican. Source: Flickr Creative Commons by Benjamin Claverie https://www.flickr.com/photos/skolem/

I haven’t heard any discussion of one of the more obvious points concerning this year’s election results. So, I’ll take it up.

That point is simple. A large number of voters were missing at the polls this year because they died during the COVID pandemic. Around 3/4 of a million of those who died were in the precise age groups that vote most heavily for the Republican Party. Not only that, but studies have shown that registered Republicans died from COVID in considerably higher numbers than registered Democrats. 

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