Associations of presidential voting preference and gubernatorial control with county-level COVID-19 case and death rates in the continental United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the associations of state gubernatorial party control and 2016 county-level presidential election preference on COVID-19 case and death rates in the United States.

Study design

This was a secondary analysis of publicly available data.

Methods

Data including county-level COVID-19 case and death counts through February 9, 2021, 2020 gubernatorial data, and county-level US Census Bureau data, Broadstreet area deprivation index, and 2016 presidential voting tallies were included. Negative binomial regression estimated the adjusted impact of each variable on COVID-19 case and death rates.

Results

A total of 3102 counties in the 48 continental United States plus Washington DC were included. County-level case and death rates were higher (12% a

SUBMITTER: Eden J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8463076 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature