COVID-19 Deaths by Voter Share (IMAGE) University of Maryland Caption Cumulative COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 people, by county proportion of Republican presidential popular vote in the 2020 election, January 1, 2020–October 31, 2021 Credit Neil Jay Sehgal et al exhibit 2 from Health Affairs June 2022 paper The Association Between COVID-19 Mortality And The County-Level Partisan Divide In The United States Usage Restrictions Use with credit below License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.