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[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The fact that California, a state with THIRTEEN TIMES MORE PEOPLE than Mississippi, has less than half the number of traffic fatalities is mind blowing. Mississippi is just 30% of the landmass that California represents, and yet it gets more than double the amount of traffic fatalities.

Looking at the left side of the graph, the trend is easily recognizable. Drunk angry and repressed, poverty stricken republicans will drive drunk like it's the right to bear arms. The further right you go, the more democratic the state.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 18 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

just to be clear, this is per capita. not actual totals.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

But they have more people per capita! Because they're so much bigger, see?

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Population density might play a role.

[–] Delphia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Its hard to have a fatality in gridlock.