Relationship of public health with continued shifting of party voting in the United States

Wasfy, Jason H.; Healy, Emma; Cui, Jinghan; Stewart, Charles

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112921

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“…4,5 A recent analysis examined the association between community health and the shift from 2016 to 2018 in Republican share of the vote in U.S. House of Representatives elections. 10 Although there was a general shift toward Democratic candidates in the 2018 election, we found that voting in less healthy communities continued to favor Republican candidates. When we adjusted for demographic, social and economic factors, the difference was no longer statistically significant, suggesting that these factors mediated the observed association between change in life expectancy and voting status.…”

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Life Expectancy and Voting Patterns in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

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Hoffman

Califf

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Introduction: In the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, voters in communities with recent stagnation or decline in life expectancy were more likely to vote for the Republican candidate than in prior Presidential elections. We aimed to assess the association between change in life expectancy and voting patterns in 2018 U.S. House of Representative elections. Methods: With data on county-level life expectancy from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and voting data from Harvard Dataverse, we used weighted multivariable linear regression to estimate the association between the change in life expectancy from 1980 to 2014 and the proportion of votes for the Republican candidate in the 2018 House election. Results: Among 3,107 U.S counties, change in life expectancy at the county level was negatively associated with Republican share of the vote in 2018 House of Representative elections (parameter estimate -7.3, 95% confidence interval, -8.1 to -6.5). With the inclusion of state, sociodemographic, and economic variables in the model, the association was attenuated and no longer statistically significant (parameter estimate -0.9; 95% CI, -2.2 to 0.4). Conclusion: Counties with a less positive trajectory in life expectancy were more likely to vote for Republican candidates in 2018 U.S. House of Representatives elections, but the association was mediated by demographic, social and economic factors.

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confidence: 58%

Life Expectancy and Voting Patterns in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

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Hoffman

Califf

et al. 2020

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“…As mentioned in the introduction, one study found that conservative voting practices were associated with higher rates of experiences of discrimination in health care for transgender people (White Hughto et al, 2016). Other research has also found associations between Republican/conservative voting and poorer health (Kannan & Veazie, 2018;Pabayo et al, 2015;Shin & McCarthy, 2013;Wasfy et al, 2020). This suggests that anyone who lives in a state with more progressive policies likely benefits from better health regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity; however, living in a state with more progressive policies is more important for sexual minority and transgender individuals because they are at greater risk of experiencing health problems and have a history of health disparities compared to their heterosexual/cisgender counterparts.…”

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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity-Related State-Level Policies and Perceived Health Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Older Adults in the United States

2022

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Objectives We examined the associations between state-level policies and the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older adults. Methods: Using data from the 2018–2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveys, we assessed physical and mental health by the tally of points for enacted LGBT-related policies (Low= <0–49.9% of possible points, High= 50–100% of possible points) in 10,032 sexual minority (i.e., lesbian, gay, and bisexual) and 1,072 transgender (non-sexual minority) adults aged 50 and older from 41 states. Results: Sexual minority adults in low tally states had greater odds of reporting fair or poor general health and 14 or more days of poor physical health in the past 30 days. Transgender participants in low tally states also had greater odds of reporting fair or poor general health. Discussion: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults have significantly greater risk of poor health if they live in a state with fewer LGBT anti-discriminatory policies enacted.

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“…Meanwhile, geographic areas with lower densities of college graduates have seen greater susceptibility to pandemic-related infections and mortality, because of spatial, occupational, and behavioral exposures and mechanisms (Anderson, Lopez, and Simburger 2021; Case and Deaton 2022). Meanwhile, just as before the pandemic, politics attach to place, as observed in state-level partisan voting trends (Wasfy et al 2020), perhaps making local political polarization another mechanism by which college graduates continue to outlive nongraduates.…”

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Measuring and Explaining a College Dignity Divide in America

Andersson

Hitlin

2023

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World

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Prominent, multidisciplinary perspectives on inequality in America contend that receiving a four-year college degree matters not just for life chances but also for achieving a sense of dignity or respect from others. In this study, the authors assess subjective dignity, or dignity as perceived in one’s own life, according to four-year college degree status and how it overlaps with different economic and psychosocial college-linked resources. Drawing on multiple years of national Gallup survey data (2017 and 2021), the authors find a college gap in subjective dignity as large as the difference linked to full-time work itself. Consistent with Lamont’s perspective on America’s dignity crisis, a lack of perceived socioeconomic standing in society most strongly coincides with why those without a college degree also perceive a lack of dignity within their lives, although finances, work, perceived control, and mattering to others all significantly coincide with the college dignity gap as well.

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Relationship of public health with continued shifting of party voting in the United States

Cited by 11 publications

References 14 publications

Life Expectancy and Voting Patterns in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

Life Expectancy and Voting Patterns in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity-Related State-Level Policies and Perceived Health Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Older Adults in the United States

Measuring and Explaining a College Dignity Divide in America

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