Reply #51: on a per capita basis, this includes states with the high fatalities

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And on an absolute basis, Arizaona has suffered more fatalities than 42 other states and Georgia has suffered more fatalities than 40 states, yet all four Senators from those states are on your list. Oklahoma has the highest per capital fatality rate -- and on an absolute basis, its 40 fatalities are more than the 33 fatalities suffered by Massachusetts, which, if the correlation held, would suggest that Kennedy and Kerry should be on your list.

There obviously are a lot of factors that go into why a particular Senator votes a particular way. If that wasn't the case, then both Senators from Louisiana, Alabama,North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota and Kentucky would be on the list instead of just one. Suggesting that the number of fatalities makes the difference -- or even plays a significant role -- isn't borne out by the data.

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