“Medicare for All” would save the U.S $5.1 Trillion over 10 years

[u/The-Lucky-Investor]

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/30/easy-pay-something-costs-less-new-study-shows-medicare-all-would-save-us-51-trillion

[u/imposta424]

How much would we save if overweight adults dropped to below 20%?

[u/BigPlantsGuy → u/imposta424]

What’s your proposal?

it is crazy how well obesity rates correlate to political parties.

If you start at the fattest state, you have to go to number 13 before you hit your first democratic 2020 voting state. 19 for your second. Only 2 dem states in the bottom 20, only 4 rep states in the top 20

[u/ncroofer → u/BigPlantsGuy]

It’s also crazy how it correlates to poverty. Poor people are fat, and poor people vote Republican.

[u/TyphosTheD → u/ncroofer]

Generally speaking, according to Pew Research, poor people tend to be more Democrat leaning.

https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/database/compare/party-affiliation/by/income-distribution/

[u/muffledvoice → u/TyphosTheD]

The urban poor lean democrat. The rural and small town poor lean heavily republican/conservative. It’s worth noting that the former are often minorities while the latter are mostly white.

[u/TyphosTheD → u/muffledvoice]

A useful distinction to be sure.

[u/Pandaburn → u/TyphosTheD]

Also: poor states vote republican, rich states vote democrat. But within a given state, a richer individual is more likely to vote republican.

[u/Weekly-Surprise-6509 → u/muffledvoice]

You could also just say "property owners" vote republican