Death by political party: The relationship between COVID-19 deaths and political party affiliation in the United States.

ABSTRACT: This study explored social factors that are associated with the US deaths caused by COVID-19 after the declaration of economic reopening on May 1, 2020 by President Donald Trump. We seek to understand how county-level support for Trump interacted with social distancing policies to impact COVID-19 death rates. Overall, controlling for several potential confounders, counties with higher levels of Trump support do not necessarily experience greater mortality rates due to COVID-19. The predicted weekly death counts per county tended to increase over time with the implementation of several key health policies. However, the difference in COVID-19 outcomes between counties with low and high levels of Trump support grew after several weeks of the policy implementation as counties with higher level

SUBMITTER: Gao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8242603 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature