COVID-19 Facts: Dem vs Rep

This is how to show inflammatory, but totally useless information.  This chart shows how much better the COVID-19 mortality rate is in states run by Republican governors.  The information is taken straight from a COV-19 tracking site.   It shows if you live in a state-run by a Democrat and you catch the virus you have a 5.2% chance of dying from COVID-19 versus a 3.8% chance if you live in a state-run by a Republican.

What it doesn't show is there are far more variables that are completely irrelevant to the political party in power, but simply implies the blame rests with some particular political power.   This is how the news, both fact and fake presents information to push an agenda.

Nowhere does this chart attempt to break out all the variables that go into the mortality rates (like how many are infected or how many have tested negative, or how population density, the average age of the victims, or all the other variables that go into the subject locations.  All it does is pretend to show how much better Republicans are at protecting their populations.  Nor does it suggest either a statistical margin for error, or the standard deviations.

When you see polling data, or 15 second sound bites from some talking head, remember they are often cherry-picking the things that will further their agenda and enrage you as a viewer to side with them against the evil they are supposedly arguing against.

COVID-19 Mortality Rates (as of 8 May 2020)*
Governor = Dem	Mortality Rate	Governor = Rep	Mortality Rate
Michigan	9.5%
Connecticut	8.8%
New York	8%
Louisiana	7.2%
New Jersey	6.6%
Pennsylvania	6.4%	Indiana	6.3%
Washington	5.5%	Massachusetts	6.2%
Minnesota	5.4%	Oklahoma	6%
Nevada	5.1%	Vermont	5.8%
Colorado	5.1%	Ohio	5.7%
District of Columbia**	5%	Maryland	5.1%
Maine	4.7%	Kentucky	4.8%
Illinois	4.4%	Missouri	4.7%
California	4.1%	Mississippi	4.6%
Wisconsin	4.1%	Arizona	4.5%
Oregon	4%	South Dakota	4.4%
New Mexico	3.8%	South Carolina	4.4%
North Carolina	3.8%	Georgia	4.3%
Rhode Island	3.7%	Alabama	4.1%
Virginia	3.6%	Florida	4.1%
Montana	3.5%	New Hampshire	4%
Delaware	3.4%	West Virginia	4%
Hawaii	2.7%	Idaho	3.1%
Kansas	2.6%	Texas	2.7%
		Alaska	2.7%
		North Dakota	2.3%
		Arkansas	2.3%
		Iowa	2.1%
		Tennessee	1.7%
		Nebraska	1.2%
		Wyoming	1.1%
		Utah	1.1%
Average Dem Mortality	5.2%	Average Rep Mortality	3.8%
* Covidusa.net ** A city with Democratic Mayor within the Continental United States