Covid-19 and Partisan State Control

There are 10 states above the national average in deaths per million.

There are 21 states with Republican governors and where both legislative houses are under Republican control. Not one of those state’s deaths per million is over the national average.

Again, there are 10 states above the national average in deaths per million. 5 of those 10 states are under exclusive Democratic control (among 15 states under exclusive Democratic control). And 5 of those 10 states have divided partisan control between the legislature and governor (among 13 states with divided partisan control).

Of the top-3 states, with the highest deaths per million, all 3 are under exclusive Democratic control. 

See <https://ncsl.org/Portals/1/Documents/Elections/Legis_Control_2019_Post-Election%20Nov%2022nd.pdf>;

<https://worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/> (as of May 12, 2020).

Seth

PS: Nebraska is not in the analysis--as it has a unicameral, non-partisan legislature. It has a R governor, and its deaths per million is well under the national average.

Seth Barrett Tillman, Covid-19 and Partisan State Control, New Reform Club (May 12, 2020, 7:14 AM), <https://reformclub.blogspot.com/2020/05/covid-19-and-partisan-state-control.html>;