COVID-19’s Surprise Effect on 2020 U.S. Election

Futurity News has published a piece on the new research of Profs. Maurizio Porfiri, Manuel Ruiz Marín‬, and Pietro De Lellis.

Curious to verify the prevalent theory that Trump’s loss was a consequence of the way he handled the COVID-19 pandemic, the scientists analyzed data on the link between COVID-19 incidences and the voting behavior in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections. Surprisingly, they revealed that President Trump lost more ground to Joe Biden in counties that experienced fewer COVID-19 cases.

Read more about their findings in the paper “Quantifying the role of the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections” here.

Read the news on Futurity here.

 

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