So when will the civilized portion of the United States...

[Binkie The Clown]

... invite the red states to secede and form their own right wing country?

[Orrex]

1. The Red states don't want to secede

They want to forcibly impose their 19th century bullshit on the Liberal snowflakes whose tax payments are greatly subsidizing the impoverished conservative states.

[LostinRed]

5. Exactly!!!

Blue wealthy well run democratic states subsides these red welfare states

[Newest Reality]

2. When

When we figure out a good way to get from one end to the other without stepping in them.

Tunnels? An overpass?

[SoCalNative]

4. Or

airplanes

[pwb]

3. They want our money.

So there's that.

[Mike 03]

9. And some of their churches are getting our tax subsidies and returning the favor by

fanaticizing their congregations to hate Democrats and vote only for Rs in violation of IRS laws and the Johnson rule.

How did we get in this mess?

[pwb]

14. How? Cable T V 24 hour news, the Internet,

A M RW radio, all cause a big divide. Reagan doing away with the fairness doctrine started it all.

[hlthe2b]

6. I couldn't help thinking about that: CA,WA, OR, NM, CA and maybe NV & AZ, HI are natural fits w CO

Let the white supremacists of the eastern portion of OR and WA go over with ID and the Dakotas.

I could see lots of similar regional realignments. They need not all be contiguous.

[Binkie The Clown]

10. Don't you mean the eastern portions of Oregon and Washington can go with the red? nt

[hlthe2b]

13. yes, sorry... mental spasm...

[TwilightZone]

7. There aren't red states or blue states.

With a couple of exceptions, everything is purple to some degree.

Unless we're going to create a bunch of city-states, borders will be an issue.

[Voltaire2]

15. As long as we are organized as a federation

of states each governed by plurality election systems, and as long as the federal Senate is ruled by states with a distinct minority of the population, and as long as the president is elected by states rather than direct popular vote - then your graph is irrelevant.

[pwb]

16. We like water.

looks like.

[crickets]

17. Thanks for trying.

Those of us Dems who live in red states really enjoy these "throw out the trash!" posts, dontchaknow.

[hamsterjill]

8. I don't know, but could we at least get the process started?

I’m ready to lose the baggage created by their hate, fear mongering, ignorance, disdain for science, and mostly, I just don’t want to have to see their ugly Trumpian faces any more.

Think what the rest of us could accomplish without the drain!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. I want the strenth, resilience and experience of the organizers in red states in my nation.

Acting like states are monoliths is gross.

[Voltaire2]

12. Tonight.

Works for me.