One in five Americans supports a ‘national divorce’: Poll
Misty Severi
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Roughly 66 million people, or approximately 20% of United States citizens, believe a “national divorce” would be a good idea for the country, according to a poll released on Thursday.
The latest poll claimed that more Republicans favor a national divorce than independents or Democrats, with 25% of Republicans voting in favor versus 20% of independents and 16% of Democrats. But independents polled highest when asked if they would support their state seceding from the country, at 19%.
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“Americans’ deep political fault lines are clear and engrained in our psyche and politics,” Cliff Young, president of Ipsos U.S. Public Affairs, which conducted the poll, told Axios. “Talk of national divorce or secession leaves us with a divided nation with little hope of reconciliation.”
Men, people who make less than $50,000 a year, and residents in the South and the West were more likely to support the split, according to the survey.
The discussion around a “national divorce” was ignited by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who said there should be a “divorce” between red and blue states, which would shrink the federal government. Greene clarified that she was not calling for a “civil war” but that she was concerned the country was heading in that direction.
“People are absolutely fed up and disgusted with left-wing insanity and disaster America Last policies. National divorce is not civil war, but Biden and the neocons are leading us into WW3 while forcing corporate ESG and gender confusion on our kids,” Greene said in a tweet last month.
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Another question in the poll asked the public whether they were optimistic about the state of democracy in the U.S. Only 37% said yes. But 60% said the country should work together to bridge the divide and fix the hyper-polarization. That number was significantly higher than the 10% who said people should let things be and the 30% who claimed they did not know how to fix the problems.
Although a notable number of people support the split, no state has a clear consensus in favor of leaving the country, meaning that the results will likely not lead to any actual separation.