We have noted multiple times in the last year that the COVID-19 pandemic is turning into a largely Republican pandemic. That doesn't mean that non-Republicans aren't still getting sick, but the places where the most COVID-related deaths happen are places that most vote Republican, have Republican-controlled government, and cast their votes for Donald Trump one year ago. That hasn't changed. If anything, the divide has only been widening in recent months. That's the conclusion reached by The New York Times' David Leonhardt, who notes that the gap in new deaths «between red and blue America has grown faster over the past month than at any previous point.» The deaths correlate strongly—very strongly—to a county's level of Trump support. But Leonhardt notes that the gap in cases is now shrinking again—possibly because in conservative regions, so many residents have now been infected with the virus that «natural immunity» is beginning to build up. Read more