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https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/where-despair-deaths-were-higher-voters-chose-trump-n906631
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2018-09-05/deaths-of-despair-may-have-helped-fuel-trumps-victory-study
Where 'despair deaths' were higher,
voters chose Trump
Counties where life expectancy fell also swung to Trump.
Counties where more people died of so-called deaths of despair — from alcohol or drug abuse and suicide — voted more heavily for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, new research shows.
People in counties with Republican gains were 2.5 times more likely to die from alcohol, drugs or suicide than counties with Democratic gains.
ll also swung to Trump