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Originally Posted by Newbiesaukee
According to several recent surveys, about 85% of people identifying as Democrats will seek vaccination and only about 45% of Republicans will.
You can quibble whether mask wearing works and maintain that the mask debate is not primarily political. But what is the explanation for the above if not political?
If that few Republicans are vaccinated, it will be very difficult to achieve herd immunity. If that is the case, the consequences will be tragic, particularly as it is preventable.
My take is that the surveys are wrong in the same way the voting for Trump surveys often turned out incorrect. Many polling analysts believe that people identifying as Republicans often voted for Trump while answering they would not and Democrats would say they would not, when they did.
If the vaccination polls ARE correct, how is the split NOT political?
Is it true that the majority of Republicans are against vaccination?
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I've read a number of similar stories. In fairness to our Republican pen pals on this forum, it seems that New Hampshire Republicans do not suffer from this profound stupidity. These articles have also noted that many Blacks and Hispanics (presumably Democrats) are also vaccine resistant. The thing all these vaccine resisters have in common--whether they are southern white Republicans or northern Black Democrats--is lack of education and inability to apply basic logic over emotion.