> The study found that murder rates in the 25 states Trump carried in 2020 are 40% higher overall than in the states Biden won. (The report used 2020 data becau

> The study found that murder rates in the 25 states Trump carried in 2020 are 40% higher overall than in the states Biden won. (The report used 2020 data because 2021 data is not yet fully available.) The five states with the highest per capita murder rate — Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama and Missouri — all lean Republican and voted for Trump. > 8 of the 10 states with the highest murder rates in 2020 voted for the Republican presidential nominee in every election this century. https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-red-state-murder-problem https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-red-state-murder-problem And, of course, people live in cities ...