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1.26pm BST
Deirdra Funcheon of Capital and Main has written for us today about what Miami’s vastly unequal zip codes reveal about the election fight in Florida.
Miami-Dade county has the second-biggest gap between rich and poor of all large metro areas in the US, according to a 2019 report – only the New York metropolitan area is more unequal. The county’s 33109 zip code is the richest not just in the county, but in the entire US. Zip code 33034, which covers parts of the rural but quickly developing cities of Homestead and Florida City, is the county’s poorest. For the 23,000 people in its 280 sq miles, the per-capita income is $10,608.
Nevertheless, as the 2020 election looms, it’d be wrong to say that the poor will vote for Biden and the rich for Trump. As conversations with residents indicate the political fault lines are not quite so clear-cut.
Related: What Miami’s vastly unequal zip codes reveal about the election fight in Florida
1.20pm BST
Trump has just tweeted approval of the news that Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final study to try to prove if a single-dose Covid-19 vaccine can protect against the virus.
Associated Press have reported that the study starting today will be one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccine studies so far, testing the shot in 60,000 volunteers in the US, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
Big news. Numerous great companies are seeing fantastic results. @FDA must move quickly! https://t.co/2pDrmRPOxc
Continue reading…US reaches 200,000 coronavirus deaths amid fears for coming winterRepublican senators release interim report into Hunter BidenTrump attacks China over Covid ‘plague’ at UNRomney backs vote on supreme court nominationSign up for our First Thing newsletter 1.26pm BSTDeirdra Funcheon of Capital and Main has written for us today about what Miami’s vastly unequal zip codes reveal about the election fight in Florida.Miami-Dade county has the second-biggest gap between rich and poor of all large metro areas in the US, according to a 2019 report – only the New York metropolitan area is more unequal. The county’s 33109 zip code is the richest not just in the county, but in the entire US. Zip code 33034, which covers parts of the rural but quickly developing cities of Homestead and Florida City, is the county’s poorest. For the 23,000 people in its 280 sq miles, the per-capita income is $10,608.Nevertheless, as the 2020 election looms, it’d be wrong to say that the poor will vote for Biden and the rich for Trump. As conversations with residents indicate the political fault lines are not quite so clear-cut. Related: What Miami’s vastly unequal zip codes reveal about the election fight in Florida 1.20pm BSTTrump has just tweeted approval of the news that Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final study to try to prove if a single-dose Covid-19 vaccine can protect against the virus.Associated Press have reported that the study starting today will be one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccine studies so far, testing the shot in 60,000 volunteers in the US, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.Big news. Numerous great companies are seeing fantastic results. @FDA must move quickly! https://t.co/2pDrmRPOxc Continue reading…