The Washington Post conducted a study trying to get to the bottom of why American life expectancy was shrinking. What they found was that red-state politics was killing people at an alarming rate. …

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    The healthcare is definitely worse. You can see, hear and feel the brain drain everywhere that touches the I-10 from coast to coast.

    It’s the worst in Florida. Doctors are just dumb unless you can afford the good plans.

    Don’t ask about the black mold in the hospitals.

    The hospitals and Dept of Health are in bed and having kids now.

    Abandon the peninsula if you know whats good for you. That place is a certified dump.

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    Ok, I’ve been thinking about this phenomenon for sometime, more so since 2016. Poorly/mis- educated, enormous economic and social stress, horrible nutrition all add up to a dysfunctional populace. And that effect is greater in “red” counties. How does this work in the longrun for the GOP? Less voters means less votes. smh.

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    Stupidity has been known to be fatal amongst the stupid. I think I recall a study done on the subject by a guy named “Darwinism” or something similar.

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    So Democrats live longer than Republicans? My Republican family members would probably just be glad they get to go to heaven sooner.

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    what was that chant? I’d rather be dead than red?

    seems they aren’t mutually exclusive - might even be a correlation