You either have blue states with large red areas, usually smaller towns (top right map), or red states with very dense blue cities (bottom map).
The main thing that has happened is that cities have gotten more blue, and small town have gotten more red. Either way, the economies are joined at the hip.
The problem with seceding: https://i.redd.it/yb9fo6anr8061.png
You either have blue states with large red areas, usually smaller towns (top right map), or red states with very dense blue cities (bottom map).
The main thing that has happened is that cities have gotten more blue, and small town have gotten more red. Either way, the economies are joined at the hip.
I linked that one because it had both maps. Cartograms are fairly common. Here's a bunch of variations: https://upstatement.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-08-at-3.32.37-PM.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartogram
Anyway, my point was that the problem is that states (all of them, from north dakota to california) are not red or blue, but both.
Absolutely, yes. Secession is an awful awful idea.