In “Democrats Have Bad Luck” we cited findings about which party controls the state government in the 10 states with above-average Covid-19 deaths per million. Mostly Democrats it turns out.
Further reflection suggests people living in conditions of high-density urbanization tend to prefer the sort of quasi-socialist policies Europeans choose, and Democrats aspire to implement. It appears to be a further example of Miles Law, that where you sit (in this case “reside”) determines where you stand (politically). And perhaps determines from what you die.
If fear of contagion causes deurbanization, will it likewise cause political preferences to move rightward too? Odder things have happened.
