Figure 6
The scatter plot shows the relationship between the 2021/7/11 vaccination rate for the specified number of times and the number of deaths on 2021/8/17 for U S states, grouped by 2020 presidential election results. The horizontal axis is labeled “2021/7/11 Vaccination rate for the specified number of times (percent)” and ranges from 25 percent to 70 percent in increments of 5 percent. The vertical axis is labeled “Death 2021/8/17” and ranges from 0 to 20 in increments of 5 deaths. A legend identifies three point types: blue right-facing triangles labeled “Democrats”, green diamonds labeled “Close race”, and red left-facing triangles labeled “Republicans”. State abbreviations appear next to each point. A large red ellipse encloses the cluster of red Republican-identified states along with the red text “States where Republicans won over Democrats in the 2020 presidential election with a vote margin of more than 5 percentage points” and a red arrow pointing to that region. A blue ellipse encloses the cluster of blue Democratic-identified states along with the blue text “States where Democrats won with a vote margin of more than 5 percentage points” and a blue arrow pointing to that region. States inside the red region include labels such as “LA”, “AL”, “AR”, “SC”, “KS”, “KY”, “TN”, “OK”, “GA”, “MS”, “WV”, “ND”, and others. States inside the blue region include “CA”, “VA”, “NC”, “MD”, “DC”, “RI”, “MA”, “ME”, “CT”, “NJ”, and others. The label “PPM” appears in black above the vertical axis, and the red text “The number of deaths” appears vertically along the left side. The green label “FL” appears above a green diamond at a higher vertical position. Note: All numerical values are approximated.Vaccination rate and number of deaths by Democratic/Republican basis in each U.S. state. Source: Compiled by the author from Our World in Data (2024b) and CDC (2023)