Party lines may play role in whoâs getting the COVID-19 vaccine Party lines may play roll in whoâs getting the COVID-19 vaccine By Roslyn Anderson | March 16, 2021 at 7:34 PM CDT - Updated March 16 at 10:10 PM JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Is getting the COVID-19 vaccine falling along political party lines? One national poll suggests that more Republicans wonât take the shot than Democrats. But State Department of Health numbers show that may not be the case in the Magnolia State. According to the Associated Press, NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, 42 percent of Republicans say they probably or definitely will not get the COVID-19 vaccine compared with 17 percent of Democrats, a 25 point difference.