Question

2. You would like to investigate if democratic voting states in the

US are more affected by COVID-19 than republican voting states.
You have data for the 50 states and the District of Colombia
of the following variables:

- state - name of the state;
- idstate - state abbreviation;
- popn - estimate of population in 2019;
- density - estimate of population density (in inhabitants per km2 );
- democrat - number of votes for the democratic nominee;
- republican - number of votes for the republican nominee;
- positive - cumulative number of positive tests;
- negative - cumulative number of negative tests;
- dead - cumulative number of deaths of COVID-19.
- winner - winner of the state, either democrat or republican.

One can consider a binomial logit model for the proportion of
the number of deaths over the total number of positive cases in a state.
The estimated model has this proportion as a dependent variable and
density and winner as independent variables.

(a) Explain why it is better to consider the number of deaths relative
to the number of positive cases rather than relative to the state's
population. ( 6 points)

Answer 1

During the 2020 primaries, coronavirus severely disrupted elections. State voting systems were overwhelmed by long lines, an influx of absentee ballot requests

Step-by-step explanation: