2024 analysis by the think tank Third Way found that murder rates in states that voted for Donald Trump were 33% higher than in states that voted for Joe Biden in both 2021 and 2022. This pattern has held true for every year this century.

Widening gap: The gap in murder rates between red and blue states has widened over the past two decades. Between 2000 and 2020, murder rates increased 39.4% in red states compared to just 13.4% in blue

Three red states are the most violent red states like Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama as having some of the highest murder rates in the country,