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    Analysis Finds Geographic Overlap In Opioid Use And Trump Support In 2016

    Counties with higher rates of opioid use skewed heavily Republican in the 2016 election. What role did the opioid epidemic play in President Trump's victory?
    by Paul Chisholm Jun 23, 2018 3 minutes
    In 2016, Donald Trump captured 68 percent of the vote in West Virginia, a state hit hard by opioid overdoses.

    The fact that rural, economically disadvantaged parts of the country broke heavily for the Republican candidate in the 2016 election is well known. But Medicare data indicate that voters in areas that went for Trump weren't just hurting economically — many of them were receiving prescriptions for opioid painkillers.

    The findings were in the medical journal Researchers found a geographic relationship between support for Trump and prescriptions for opioid painkillers.

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