As the country emerges from the economic ravages of the shutdowns and lockdowns imposed for a lot longer than the initial “two weeks to flatten the curve” (remember that lie?), we’re starting to get a better look at just how bad it was and which parts of the nation suffered the most.
But we’re also beginning to see the political effects as well, and Americans should really take note of that as we move out of this pandemic (and before the next one hits — there’s always a next one).
“States that voted for President Joe Biden in the last election lost more than twice the number of jobs during the pandemic on average during the pandemic than states who voted for former President Donald Trump, according to a recent study,” Breitbart News reported.
An analysis by the UK’s Daily Mail noted that between February and December 2020, states that voted for Biden saw unemployment rates rise on average to 6.2 percent, while states that went for Trump averaged 2.5 percent lower.
What’s more, the 13 states that experienced the lowest overall unemployment rates are all very strongly Republican.