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The Red/Blue Divide in COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Continues: An Update

Jan 19, 2022
Policy Watch

This analysis is an update to a previous analysis conducted in September 2021. Using county-level data, we analyzed trends in COVID-19 vaccination rates in counties that voted for President Trump in the 2020 election compared to counties that voted for President Biden. We find higher vaccination rates for counties that voted for Biden. However, rates among those fully vaccinated that have received a booster are similar between the two groups.
Omicron Variant Increases Worries and Gives Momentum to COVID-19 Booster Shots; May Motivate a Small Share of Unvaccinated Adults to Get an Initial Shot

Dec 21, 2021
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The emergence of the omicron COVID-19 variant is encouraging many already vaccinated adults to get a recommended booster shot but is providing only a little motivation for unvaccinated adults to get an initial shot, a new KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor quick response survey finds. Fielded from Dec.
KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: Early Omicron Update

Dec 21, 2021
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This analysis from the KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor explores the public's response to the news about the omicron variant of coronavirus, and finds that while it may convince vaccinated adults to get their COVID-19 booster vaccine, unvaccinated adults are largely unmoved by the news.
Politics and Boosters

Dec 15, 2021
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The partisan divide that has emerged early into America’s booster campaign could increase pressure on health systems in heavily Republican areas if booster intentions hold.
Unvaccinated Adults are Now More Than Three Times as Likely to Lean Republican than Democratic

Nov 16, 2021
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A new KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor analysis finds that Republicans and Republican leaning independents, who represent 41% of adults, now make up 60% of the adult unvaccinated population across the country and that political partisanship is a stronger predictor of whether someone is vaccinated than any demographic factor measured.
KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: The Increasing Importance of Partisanship in Predicting COVID-19 Vaccination Status

Nov 16, 2021
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This analysis shows that as COVID-19 vaccination rates have increased over time, Republicans make up an increasingly disproportionate share of those who remain unvaccinated and that political partisanship is a stronger predictor of whether someone is vaccinated than demographic factors such as age, race, level of education, or insurance status.
KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: Views On The U.S. Role In Global Vaccine Distribution

Nov 5, 2021
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This report finds the public is generally supportive of U.S. distribution of vaccines internationally, though more likely to prefer the U.S. playing a major role versus a leading one, and there are partisan differences. The analysis also examines how different information affects the public's views.
The Inequity Of The Medicaid Coverage Gap and Why It Is Hard To Fix It

Oct 14, 2021
Perspective

In this column for the JAMA Health Forum, Larry Levitt explores why the Medicaid "coverage gap" still exists in 12 states that have not expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, why it matters, and why eliminating it could prove challenging.
Why The California Recall Is Not a Harbinger of What Is to Come on COVID As a Campaign Issue

Sep 28, 2021
From Drew Altman

In this Axios column, Drew Altman examines the lessons for COVID-19 as a political issue from Governor Gavin Newsom's resounding win in California’s recall election.
The Red/Blue Divide in COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

Sep 14, 2021
Policy Watch

This post examines a growing COVID-19 vaccine gap in Red and Blue America, with the share of the population that have been fully vaccinated in counties that voted for President Biden in 2020 increasing more rapidly than the share in counties that voted for President Trump.

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