The United States overall is experiencing one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world.<br />In April, polling showed that both parties largely supported extensive lockdown measures.<br />Anti-lockdown protests have occurred primarily in states that Trump won.<br />The partisan impact of the coronavirus, and the response toward it, is due to population density.<br />A third of Americans live in the 100 most densely populated counties and tend to lean left.<br />In New Jersey, where there are over 1,200 people per square mile, the death rate is 122 per 100,000.<br />In Alabama, whose population density is 94 people per square mile, the rate is 11 per 100,000.
