Premature death could help explain why Donald Trump is president, suggests study [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Places with large numbers of deaths from drugs, alcohol and suicide were far more likely to be convinced to vote for the Republican candidate in the US election

Andrew Griffin
@_andrew_griffin
1 minute ago

Premature death could help explain why Donald Trump is president, according to a major new study.

The research suggests that concerns about health and the prospect of an early death could have motivated people to vote for the Republican candidate in the 2016 election.

Comparing mortality rates with voting patterns shows that places where people tend to die young were also more likely to be convinced by Mr Trump, the paper shows.

And it found that the biggest gains for the Republicans came in places linked with death from drugs, alcohol, and suicide.

More:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/trump-death-premature-health-crisis-life-expectancy-voting-us-election-a8523021.html