Math, Demographics and Covid.

[Baitball Blogger]

Has anyone bothered to do the math to determine the ratio of Republican voters who are dying for their beliefs? It's a no brainer that anti-vaxxers are going to see the reaper side of their decisions.

Not long ago someone showed how close our elections are due to the Electoral College and gerrymandering. In some states, it came down to a hundred votes in Republican controlled areas, to undermine the entire state. Would showing the math to Republicans prove how much they have to lose because anti-vax strategies are taking a toll on their voting margins?

[relayerbob]

1. Please don't tell tell them

[SallyHemmings]

2. They wouldn't believe it.

Math? Science?

It's all a hoax.

[paleotn]

4. Good.

I don't want them to believe this one.

[thucythucy]

3. Too many Republicans don't believe in math.

Remember, these are the same folks who believe lowering taxes on the ultra rich will increase revenues for state and federal governments.

Math to them is like kryponite. It makes them get all weak and woozy.

[Tetrachloride]

5. You could tell them that.

Math is like kryptonite to you. Dust in the wind.

[empedocles]

6. Their 'hate need' beats math easily

[jimfields33]

7. I think the numbers would shock everyone

Definitely not all repugs are the ones dying. It does frustrate that they are being quiet on various numbers though.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Did they do a cost/benefit ratio on leading their followers to slaughter?

Perhaps their desired outcome of chaos and division is a better strategy than keeping their base alive?

The old Roman strategy of "divide and conquer" is more effective than having a large base?

They probably figure they don't need a large number of voters anyway. They can use voter suppression, gerrymandering and other cheating methods to "win" an election.

I think it has been a cold calculation. Most of the GOP leadership has gotten vaccinations and taken precautions in private. But they have weaponized public health as a power play. The more chaos and division, the more their ruthless sociopathy can take hold.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. I hate to sound like I'm downplaying the deaths from Covid,

but as large as the numbers are, they are probably not putting any kind of a dent into the number of Republican voters. Only some of those dying would be registered Republicans who always vote and always vote Republican.

Likewise, as many as are dying, there's not any kind of a drop in population. At least not so far. Keep in mind over 10,000 babies are born every single day in this country, some 385,000 world wide. Infant mortality isn't what it used to be, so the vast majority of those born live to grow up and reproduce.

[bahboo]

13. yes, I have felt this all along....

not enough deaths to truly make any difference. And that's a GOOD thing....let's win on our merits for chrissakes...

[Jim__]

10. If the republican attempt to overthrow democracy succeeds, they don't have to worry ...

... about demographics.

[WarGamer]

11. Might want to read this. Someone misinformed you.

https://covidtracking.com/race

Nationwide, Black people have died at 1.4 times the rate of white people.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/health-equity/racial-ethnic-disparities/disparities-deaths.html

Data on race and ethnicity for more than 90% of people who died from COVID-19 reveal that the percent of Hispanic or Latino, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native people who have died from COVID-19 (red bars) is higher than the percent of these racial and ethnic groups among the total U.S. population (blue bars). This disparity is even greater when the percentages are age-standardized (adjusted for differences in the age distribution across racial and ethnic groups). Hispanic or Latino, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native people also have a disproportionate burden of COVID-19 deaths among specific age groups across the lifespan – children, youth, adults, and older adults.

[mopinko]

12. well, the numbers are big enough to rattle the labor supply, so...

dead, disabled, and hopefully a few who will open their eyes.
i think it will rly shake up the white wing churches.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. Those numbers are not big enough to rattle the labor supply.

Again, probably fewer than half would have been employed adults before they got sick and died.

[former9thward]

15. Can you tell us?

The Delta death rate is very low. Also Democratic demographics such as Black and Hispanics have the lowest vaccination rates. Have you looked to see who has died already of Covid?