The political profile of congressional districts hard hit by COVID-19 has changed substantially since spring Average number of deaths per day attributed to COVID-19 in a single congressional district
A similar pattern to those seen with the urban-rural and racial composition of each district emerges in the relationship between the partisan leanings of a district and deaths attributable to the coronavirus. In the early stages of the pandemic, the hardest hit districts were overwhelmingly “blue” parts of the country. COVID-19 deaths in the March through May period were more than four times as high in strongly Democratic districts (where Republican congressional candidates received less than 25% of the vote in the 2018 midterm elections) as in districts where Republican candidates won more than 60% of the 2018 vote.
The political profile of congressional districts hard hit  | by COVID-19 has changed substantially since spring  | Average number of deaths per day attributed to COVID-19 in a single  | congressional district  | Jun-Aug  | Sept-Nov  | Mar-May  | All CDs  | 2. 6  | 199  | 2. 1  | In congressional districts where the  | Republican candidate received  | %  | of votes in 2018  | <25  | 5.5  | 2 .0  | 1. 4  | 25-40  | 3. 4  | 1. 9  | 1. 6  | 40-50  | 2 6  | 2 0  | 1.1 7  | 50-60  | 1. 0  | 1. 7  | 2. 2  | >60  | 1. O  | 1.9  | 3. 2  | Source: Pew Research Center analysis of COVID-: 19 Data Repository from the Johns Hopkins  | University Center for Systems Science and Engineering as of Dec. 3, 2020. See  | methodology for details.  | "The Changing Geography of COVID-19 in the U.S.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 