Hypothesis:
Republican polices, in their totality, cause states to be dystopian holes.
Dystopian holes: high infant mortality, low educational attainment, and measurably shorter lifespans. Call it below national average in two out of three measures. (maybe just do all three? easy to run both definitions)
I will at some point this weekend run correlative analysis between party in control of the government to these three factors. datasets are pretty easy to find.
Control of government = executive and at least one legislative branch of government
You can try to be all racist and say "its teh blacks", and I will then ask you why Republican policies appear to be so closely related to black poverty. Another question your dishonest ass will not answer.
For your own reading:
https://www.scribbr.com/statistics/c...n-coefficient/
A correlation coefficient is a number between -1 and 1 that tells you the strength and direction of a relationship between variables.
First comparison:
Variable 1: Republican control of state government
Variable 2: Infant mortality rate
Second comparison:
Variable 1: Republican control of state government
Variable 2: educational attainment deviation from national average
Third comparison:
Variable 1: Republican control of state government
Variable 2: educational attainment deviation from national average