Where Republicans rule, Americans die at the greatest rates–from nearly every single possible cause: suicides, murders, cancer, Alzheimer’s, kidney disease, heart disease, workplace accidents, COVID, influenza, motor vehicle accidents and drug overdoses.
Between 2001 through 2019, Democratic-run counties cut death rates at 2X the rate of Republican-run counties.
Source? After all, I’m making a big claim. You should ask.
Here:
“Political Environment and Mortality Rates in the United States, 2001-19: Population Based Cross Sectional Analysis,” by Haider J. Warraich et al., in BMJ, Vol. 377. Published online June 7, 2022
But it goes beyond just one study. It’s confirmed by the raw data.
For example:

As my scatterplot shows, where Republicans reign, the shorter their life expectancies.
For my column explicating the jaw-dropping gap in health outcomes between Republican vs Democratic states, please read my DCReport.org column. Here.
Republicans talk a big game on the value of life. But it’s Democratic states where life is better protected and respected.
Fact.

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