There should be zero doubt about it. Republicans are desperate to have the economy going again only because it is such a strong factor in elections. As Bill Clinton famously said, "it is the economy, stupid."
(Indeed, the economy is the only issue/criteria in which Biden still trails Trump in polls, but even that margin has been decreasing.)
This relentless push to reopen things has resulted in many, many more deaths.
Considering that most of the deaths are among the elderly population who tend to vote republican, that doesn’t make much sense.
Unless you want to get really cynical and say there was a political motive in Democrat governors for sending positive patients into nursing homes and causing most of those deaths...
If true, this would mean that Republican senators and governors who aren't up for reelection in 2020 should be strongly pro-shutdown. Is that the pattern we're seeing?
(Indeed, the economy is the only issue/criteria in which Biden still trails Trump in polls, but even that margin has been decreasing.)
This relentless push to reopen things has resulted in many, many more deaths.