Blue Counties, Healthier Lives? A New Look at the Political Health Gap
TL;DR
A new study examines a health gap tied to political ideology in the U.S.: Democrats in blue counties appear healthier than Republicans in red counties, and conservatives are sometimes said to have better mental health than liberals. The Dispatch reviews possible explanations—from social determinants and access to care to the effects of polarization—without asserting a simple causal story.
Topics:healthsociety-and-culture#health#ideology#polarization#politics#public-health#society-and-culture
- Conservatives and Liberals Have Diverging Health Outcomes. Why? The Dispatch
- Republican mistrust in healthcare widens US health gap, study finds The Guardian
- Republicans’ Distrust of Science Is Affecting Their Health The Daily Beast
- The political polarization of health outcomes in the U.S. Good Authority
- How Right-Wing Politics Make You Physically Ill Nautilus | Science
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