GOP’s Divide Over Vaccines Driven By Skepticism Of Younger, Rural Republicans

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A majority of Republicans are vaccinated, but they’re now more than three times more likely than Democrats to resist the shot.

finds clear divisions between the unvaccinated and vaccinated GOP — and younger, less educated, rural and more conservative Republicans are less likely to have gotten the shot.... [+]The biggest predictor of whether or not a Republican is vaccinated is their age, with 61% of unvaccinated Republicans being ages 18-50 versus only 44% of vaccinated ones, according to the KFF poll, conducted October 14-24 among 1,519 U.S. adults.

Rural Republicans were 11 points more likely to be unvaccinated , while vaccinated Republicans were slightly more likely to live in urban or suburban areas.

 

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