UNDERNEWS: Trump outdid Romney with druggies and alcoholics

December 10, 2016

Trump outdid Romney with druggies and alcoholics

Rural Blog - Trump over-performed Romney most in places with high substance-abuse mortality and suicide rates Donald Trump improved the Republican presidential vote "in counties with the highest drug, alcohol and suicide mortality rates," says a study by rural sociologist and demographer Shannon Monnat of Penn State, which compared Trump's vote with that of Mitt Romney in 2012. "Much of this relationship is accounted for by economic distress and the proportion of working-class residents," Monnat writes.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Sam, your headline reeks of the same superiority complex for which you've rightly slammed establishment Dems...; December 10, 2016 at 6:36 PM
Greg Gerritt said...: It is only becasue only the bgrain dead voted for Trump.; December 11, 2016 at 5:02 PM

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