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The eastern half of Washington and Oregon have been talking about doing this for decades. It would go about as far as a few billboards and radio interviews. Seattle and Portland control the states and won't allow the conservative counties to leave. If they tried to secede without it being allowed through the legal process, they would just crush them militarily and arrest the leaders and everyone knows it.
The same would happen here unfortunately. Madison and Lansing (and D.C.) would never allow it to happen.
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The eastern half of Washington and Oregon have been talking about doing this for decades. It would go about as far as a few billboards and radio interviews. Seattle and Portland control the states and won't allow the conservative counties to leave. If they tried to secede without it being allowed through the legal process, they would just crush them militarily and arrest the leaders and everyone knows it.
The same would happen here unfortunately. Madison and Lansing (and D.C.) would never allow it to happen.
The "State of Superior" idea started back in the 1970s. It was pretty serious... then things took a turn for the better politically in both MI & WI, and the idea sorta died. It resurrected itself again in the age of social media, and dissatisfaction with the politics again. It's not so much a red/blue thing as it is a rural/urban thing. Laws that may fit like a glove in Madison-Milwaukee-Lansing-Detroit don't make much sense up here. The north feels like an orphaned child. But OTOH, now that I think about it, the red/blue thing is pretty much a rural/urban thing anyway.
It may never happen for legal & logistic reasons...but that gives you an idea of the local sentiments, that run pretty deep.
I know your area is conservative now. I'm just wondering for how long.
As long as the majority moving here doesn't flip to liberal, it will last a long time. The liberal tree-huggers like to vacation here, but living here full time is another matter. It's colder, snowier, and there's no Starbucks nor Target stores. Internet access sucks, and cell phones only work about 60%. Culturally, if they don't hunt or fish, they're bored to death after a week.
Eventually they will install new leadership and prop them up with troops if necessary. (Picture the airborne invasion in Red Dawn, except it will be U.S. troops instead of Russian.) Many folks are betting on Idaho because they think the state itself (along with it's National Guard/Air National Guard) might secede.
If secession ever does take place, I believe Texas will be the first to go. That will start a domino effect. Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, the Dakotas will all follow suit. Once whole states decide enough is enough, then the intra-state secessions will begin. Eastern WA & Oregon will leave to join Idaho. Northern WI & MI will follow in the GTFO movement, along with 2/3rds of MN. The southern 3/4s of Illinois will join Missouri.
FWIW... If I were to leave WI, the die-hard waterfowler & deer hunter in me would pick North Dakota or Montana.
If you guys start a new State before I get up there, put in a word for me with the border guards.
Pretty sure we'd need to build a wall along highway 8, or maybe 64, to keep the "flatlanders" out.
Admission will be by invite only. I'll put you on my list...