The counties that voted for Trump still lag far behind in vaccinations — with 13% fewer vaccinated
The gulf between Democrats’ and Republicans’ Covid-19 vaccination rates is only getting bigger as the vaccination effort continues, a new Kaiser Family Foundation analysisFormer President Donald Trump speaks during the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit in Washington,The KFF analysis of county-level public health data found 39.9% of the total population in counties that voted for Trump were fully vaccinated as of Monday, versus 52.8% of people in counties that went for President Joe Biden.
Vaccination rates have increased by less than 20% since April in Trump-voting counties—from 20.6% vaccinated in April to 39.9% now—while Biden counties’ vaccination rates went up by 30% after starting at 22.8% in April.
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