It’s a common situation where a state has big, politically conservative but sparsely populated rural and small-town areas that are outweighed by state politics by heavily populated, mostly liberal/progressive urban enclaves. California is one such place, and in the 2024 election things seem to have grown even more divided between the coastal urban enclaves and the eastern and northern parts of the state. The same situation holds sway in Colorado, where we lived for many years and where the Denver-Boulder Axis runs roughshod over the much more conservative eastern plains and much of the western slope. So it’s understandable that some of the rural and small-town folks feel their states’ governments do not well serve them and might seek to leave, to either form a new state or to join a neighboring one where the prevalent political climate is more to their liking. This happened…
Post-Election, Red Rural Counties Are Once Again Talking About Splitting off From Blue States – RedState
