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How America’s partisan divide over pandemic responses played out in the states

  • Written by Julie VanDusky-Allen, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
imageThe COVID-19 pandemic seems to have widened the partisan divide between Democrats and Republicans on health care. John M. Lund Photography/Getty Images

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, a partisan divide has existed over the appropriate government response to the public health crisis. Democrats have been more likely to favor stricter policies such...

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