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https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/where-despair-deaths-were-higher-voters-chose-trump-n906631 

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.

https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2018-09-05/deaths-of-despair-may-have-helped-fuel-trumps-victory-study

People in counties with Republican gains were 2.5 times more likely to die from alcohol, drugs or suicide than counties with Democratic gains.

"Death rates may be an important marker of the dissatisfaction, discouragement, hopelessness and fear of cultural displacement that contributed to President Trump's appeal, especially to the non-urban white working class," Goldman said.

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Trump's Legacy: Suicide, Opioid Overdoses and Alcoholism have Increased Dramatically in the Last Two Years... Deaths of Despair caused by Decrease of the Quality of Life. Increased Farmer Foreclosures. Increase of Workplace Fatalities due to Reducing OSHA Enforcement.

https://www.nelp.org/news-releases/workplace-fatalities-rising-trump-osha-enforcement-declines/

WORKPLACE FATALITIES RISING UNDER TRUMP OSHA AS ENFORCEMENT DECLINES

Washington, D.C.—Workplace fatality investigations are at decade-high levels under the Trump administration, at the same time that worksite safety enforcement by the administration’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is steadily declining, according to an analysis of recent government data released today by the National Employment Law Project. The data also revealed that OSHA now has the lowest number of health and safety inspectors in the agency’s 48-year history.

https://theaggie.org/2019/01/18/life-and-death-in-trump-country/

After 11 continuous years of increase, America’s life expectancy decreased from 78.9 years in 2014 to 78.6 in 2017.

 Since 1999, the country’s suicide rate has increased by 33  percent. The CDC reports that in 2017 alone, 47,000 Americans committed suicide, while another 70,000 people died from drug overdoses, 80 percent of which were related to opioid abuse.

Economics professors Anne Case and Angus Deaton first discovered a disturbing trend among non-college educated, working class, white Americans in 2015; they were dying prematurely at astonishing rates.

https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/03/the-unhappy-states-of-america/555800/

The overall results show a nation where well-being is in sharp decline. From 2016 to 2017, America saw its largest year-over-year drop in well-being in the 10 years that Gallup has tracked these data.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-life-expectancy-election-idUSKCN1B22DI

Life expectancy tied to voting choices in last U.S. presidential election.
Voters in counties where life expectancy has declined in recent years were more likely to vote for Trump, a new study suggests.

Republicans are Killing Themselves in Record Numbers. Suicide, Alcoholism and Drug Overdose... Despair Deaths are Wiping Out Americans in Red States.

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/03/28/how-and-where-growing-numbers-of-americans-are-taking-their-own-lives

How and where growing numbers of Americans are taking their own lives. The statistics of self-destruction The suicide rate in rural counties is 78% higher than that in big cities and those people vote Republican.

The Quality of Life and Hope for the Future are declining among Farmers and Factory Workers. Financial Ruin is the Main Factor. After a Farmer loses the Family Farm, the End is Near. Trump's Trade War has Made This Problem Worse.  Closing Factories Cause Despair Deaths. Veterans Suffering from PTSD are also at Risk. 

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So, is there a solution? Yes. Voting Democrat has been shown to help as Public Officials that are Democrats Fund Help for People. Money Spent on Programs That Benefit Voters is Higher in Locations That Elect Democrats.  Republicans Pass Laws that Benefit the 1%... the Super Rich... 

Taking Student Loans and Graduating from College helps. For Example: People who have a BS Degree in Computer Science are Surviving. https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa Working in an Office is a Long Lasting Career... Especially for people over 50 Years Old. Jobs like Fisherman or Logger wear out the bodies of Employees... After Years of Standing on a Fishing Boat, a Man's Knees Fail and He CAN'T work on a Boat... Then he is Out of Work and Unemployable... 

I got a Desk Job at http://www.mss.ca.gov/ Merit Systems. They Recruit for Government Jobs Working at the Welfare Office. It's Clean, Safe Work. Much Better than Working at a Lumber Mill. I live in Eureka, California a Rural Community... The Main Employers are Fishing and Logging... There are Many Dairy Farmers Also. 

Great Book: "Them: Why We Hate Each Other - and How to Heal" by Senator Ben Sasse

https://www.amazon.com/Them-Hate-Each-Other-Heal/dp/B07BN4W5GY 

Something is wrong. We all know it.

American life expectancy is declining for a third straight year. Birth rates are dropping. Nearly half of us think the other political party isn't just wrong; they're evil. We're the richest country in history, but we've never been more pessimistic.

What's causing the despair?

In Them, bestselling author and U.S. senator Ben Sasse argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, our crisis isn't really about politics. It's that we're so lonely we can't see straight-and it bubbles out as anger.

Local communities are collapsing. Across the nation, little leagues are disappearing, Rotary clubs are dwindling, and in all likelihood, we don't know the neighbor two doors down. Work isn't what we'd hoped: less certainty, few lifelong coworkers, shallow purpose. Stable families and enduring friendships-life's fundamental pillars-are in statistical freefall.

As traditional tribes of place evaporate, we rally against common enemies so we can feel part of a team. No institutions command widespread public trust, enabling foreign intelligence agencies to use technology to pick the scabs on our toxic divisions. We're in danger of half of us believing different facts than the other half, and the digital revolution throws gas on the fire.

There's a path forward-but reversing our decline requires something radical: a rediscovery of real places and human-to-human relationships. Even as technology nudges us to become rootless, Sasse shows how only a recovery of rootedness can heal our lonely souls.

America wants you to be happy, but more urgently, America needs you to love your neighbor and connect with your community. Fixing what's wrong with the country depends on it.