Table A1.
Variables and Sources.
| Variable | Source |
|---|---|
| Issuance of stay-at-home orders | State Governors’ Offices |
| Governor political partisanship | The Book of the States |
| Governing discretion | The Book of the States |
| Governing demands | The COVID Tracking Project |
| Population | U.S. Census Bureau |
| Urbanization | U.S. Census Bureau |
| Population density | U.S. Census Bureau |
| Airport activity | Federal Aviation Administration |
| Gross state product | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis |
| Income inequality | U.S. Census Bureau |
| No. of physicians | Kaiser Family Foundation |
| Hospital bed utilization | Institute for Health Metric and Evaluation |
| Presidential swing state | Ballotpedia |
| Facing reelection | Ballotpedia |
| Term limits | Ballotpedia |
| Went Republican | Ballotpedia |
| Female | Ballotpedia |
| Governor age | The Book of the States |