Counties with worst Covid-19 surges overwhelmingly voted Trump


In this Nov 3, 2020, file photo, voters wait in line outside a polling centre on Election Day, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. - AP

(AP) US voters went to the polls starkly divided on how they see President Donald Trump's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. But in places where the virus is most rampant now, Trump enjoyed enormous support.

An Associated Press analysis revealed that in 376 counties with the highest number of new cases per capita, the overwhelming majority – 93% of those counties – went for Trump, a rate above other less severely hit areas.

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