Quote Originally Posted by jerrywall View Post
I haven't seen anyone argue against that though. But there are folks arguing that any vaccine resistance is 100% political, which makes no sense based on the polling, and it does ignore other factors. Obviously, it certainly is a major factor, but there are other reasons for resistance and sometimes we confuse correlation and causation. A lot of the groups that would be resistant to any vaccine, such as certain religious groups, those who don't trust the government, rural voters, also tend to lean conservative. You combine that with the terrible messaging from right wing sources, and it certainly makes a perfect storm. But there's a reason that resistance isn't at 0% among democrats or independents.
I imagine there are next to zero that would say they won't get the vaccine because they are Republican. I think it's more of a result of Republicans using covid to court the anti-science crowd. It is a strategy. It became a Republican thing because Republican leadership chose for it to be.

As far as I can tell, the 8% of Democratic voters who won't get the vaccine, are doing so despite that party's efforts and messaging. And, of course, there are impressionable Democrats and Independents that have the internet and facebook, too.