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Uninsured in Bush-Obama America
Mike Napolitano isn’t a citizen of Bush-Obama America. He’s a left-leaning New Yorker and the systems coordinator for the journalism department at NYU. Our water cooler conversations often drift into the election. On Thursday, he knew I was anxiously awaiting word on the Supreme Court decision. Just as I was reading the news on Politico, he stuck his head in my office with a clear look of disappointment on his face. “Oh no. Bad news.”
I did a double take as he left. Why would he consider the decision bad news? Minutes later he returned with the other story of the day. “Can you believe what happened?” He shared Fox and CNN’s big mistake. Their rush to get the story on the air betrayed the story itself as they first reported that the Supreme Court overturned the mandate.
Clearly the White House appreciates the Egg McMuffin on the face of Fox News. Republicans can breathe a sigh of relief in the timing. It is the end of June–not October, when it would have been a stronger blow to Romney in Bush-Obama America. But when you consider the numbers of uninsured Americans in Bush-Obama Counties, this decision still plays well for Team Obama. Below is a list of the percentage of uninsured people in Bush-Obama counties in the toss up states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
| % of population without health insurance | |
|---|---|
| United States | 15% |
| Hopewell, Virginia | 27.4% |
| Winchester, Virginia | 26.7% |
| Manassas (City), Virginia | 23.5% |
| Carson, Nevada | 21.1% |
| Washoe, Nevada | 21% |
| Hillsborough, Florida | 19.3% |
| Arapahoe, Colorado | 16.2% |
| Carroll, New Hampshire | 16.2% |
| Harrisonburg, Virginia | 15.2% |
| Prince William, Virginia | 14.8% |
Toss-up States
| % of population without health insurance | |
|---|---|
| United States | 15% |
| Colorado | 15.8% |
| Florida | 20.9% |
| Iowa | 9% |
| Nevada | 21.8% |
| New Hampshire | 10.5% |
| Pennsylvania | 9.7% |
| Virginia | 12.3% |
| Wisconsin | 9.1% |
Source: American Community Survey ACS 3-year estimates: % Total civilian noninstitutionalized population without healthcare insurance, excluding counties with <20,000 people