Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

September 21, 2020

Political Partisanship and Mobility Restriction during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • Anonymous mobile phone data showed that between March 30 and April 9, 2020, all states in the US experienced a 34%-69% decline in personal mobility. There was a statistically significant negative correlation (r = -0.79) between the proportion of Republicans/leaning Republicans and adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions, adjusting for urbanization, proportion of essential workers, population, Gini index, and poverty rates.

Hsiehchen et al. (Aug 19, 2020). Political Partisanship and Mobility Restriction during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2020.08.009