CNN Politics reports the findings of a Kaiser Family Foundation poll concerning resistance to the Covid-19 vaccine. Anti-vaxxers have been falsely stereotyped as Republicans, the poll found a "clear majority" are not. I can't imagine CNN likes these finding much, as the network has been rabidly anti-Trump.
The most recent Kaiser poll helps illustrate that the vaccine hesitant group doesn't really lean Republican. Just 20% of the group called themselves Republican with an additional 19% being independents who leaned Republican. The clear majority (61%) were not Republicans (41% said they were Democrats or Democratic leaning independents and 20% were either pure independents or undesignated).
It turns out the largest group of the "vaccine hesitant" were Democrats and those who lean Democrat. It is likely many of the 20% pure independents rarely or never vote.
I am pleased to see these findings, and not particularly surprised either. GOP voters skew older and us "oldsters" were at greatest danger from the corona virus. So it is sensible that most of us - I infer 80% - got our two shots and, with luck, will live to vote R another day.
