"The vaccine hesitant group

doesn't really lean Republican.

Just 20% of the group called themselves R with an additional 19% being I's who leaned R. The clear majority (61%) were not Rs (41% said they were Ds or D leaning)..." https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/09/politics/vaccine-hesitant-analysis/index.html

"A look at the data reveals that the vaccine hesitant group, however, are not big Trump lovers. They're actually likely not to be Republican."

A public health policy should never be a gotcha approach, 'us versus them'. Yet, when you turn on the TV you see it, when you open an article you read it: 'conservatives are bad liberals are good.' From the moment Kamala questioned that vax, Ds have done a terrible job messaging.