THREAD: The coronavirus first hit Democratic areas in the U.S. These six charts show how it is now spreading into Republican territory.http://apne.ws/4T8JbYS
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COVID-19 deaths broken down by states’ presidential vote yields similar conclusions.pic.twitter.com/4gkaZT3Sao
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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.pic.twitter.com/HwxVgqU0rW
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The pattern is repeated when looking at deaths. States with Republican governors have seen an increase as an overall share of the national total. Democratic-run states, meanwhile, have dropped over time.pic.twitter.com/AWMuuW6aoR
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You can read the full story on AP’s analysis of coronavirus case data in the U.S. here.http://apne.ws/8iMK8lr
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All misinformation spreaded by DT and GOP enablers. VOTE, Spend your time to make sure you and everyone you know VOTE to assure their removal. They have guided people we love to their GRAVES. UNITE ! Pass it On! Stand for Lives not Wall st!
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Look at what scientific ignorance gets you.
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Because it matters? Because Republicans policies and ideologies are killing people and throwing gasoline on the fire and it's important to point out that you can SEE that political leadership has a meaningful, life saving/ending impact on outcomes.
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And by reporting as red vs blue, rather than as the state governments who failed to follow cdc guidelines it keeps it as a dividing issue
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Hmm. Are those graphs correct? Seems weird that the blue and red lines would end up being identical mirrors of one another? Or maybe I'm looking at this wrong?
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It’s total percent so every point towards blue is a point away from red
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