Should the South secede from the Union? In 1861, Southerners said yes. Now, a new poll says some Southerners would say yes again today.
According to the poll, by YouGov and Bright Line Watch, 2/3 of Southern Republicans polled say they support secession.
The pollsters asked people if they would support their region forming its own country.
Along with Southern Republicans, 43% of mountain region Republicans also support secession.
It isn’t just Republicans in favor of it. Almost half of Democrats in the Pacific region indicated support for secession.
Bright Line Watch says these numbers are similar to polling conducted following the January insurrection at the Capitol; but now, support for secession has grown.
The pollsters wrote, “By this summer, we anticipated, political tempers may have cooled — not necessarily as a result of any great reconciliation but perhaps from sheer exhaustion after the relentless drama of Trump.”
They continued, “the broad and increasing willingness of respondents to embrace these alternatives is a cause for concern.”
