Red-state Donald Trump voters are more likely to say they would be better off if their state left the U.S.
The culture war between Democratic and Republican-controlled states on core issues such as guns, abortion and democracy is dramatizing a rejection of national unity. More than a third of red state Trump voters say their state would be better off if it left the U.S.
A series of hard-line conservative decisions by the Supreme Court has shifted America's center of political gravity back to the states.
Ron Brownstein argued that this is a defining characteristic of 21st century America. The result through the 2020s could be a dramatic erosion of common national rights and a widening gulf between the liberties ofAmericans in blue states and those in red states.
Even though a majority of Republicans predicted that there would be a civil war in the United States, most Americans are not ready to break up the union.
A majority of Americans don't want their state to leave the US and become an independent country. The US will eventually become two countries, one of which will be run by Democrats and the other by Republicans.
It's clear that this level of consensus is an illusion.
Red states were defined as those with consistent Republican control on the state level in recent years, and blue states were defined as those with consistent Democratic control. States that were divided were not included.
Even though there are obvious differences in party composition, neither red nor blue states have the same population makeup. More than a third of red state respondents identify as Democrats or Democratic leaning independents, while more than a quarter of blue state respondents identify as Republicans or Republican leaners.
There are a lot of blue-state and red-state residents who have more in common with their political brethren in other states.
To gauge the gap between red and blue states, it helps to set aside the powerless political minorities and focus on the voters who are steering state leaders to the left or right.
The state government is more trusted by red-state Trump voters than the federal government. A majority of people think the federal government is not working well.
In contrast, nearly 8 in 10 red-state Trump voters say their state government is working well, with huge majorities approving of how state leaders are handling guns, democracy, COVID-19 and the economy.
It is more important for individual states to make their own laws with minimal interference from the federal government than it is for the federal government to protect people's constitutional rights.
If the country splits into a Blue Nation and a Red Nation, red-state Trump voters think things will be worse. Disunion is viewed favorably by no other cohort.
If America broke in two, blue state Joe Biden voters would be more inclined to say things would be better. 29% of red state Trump voters want their state to break away. Only slightly more Biden voters think they would be better off than the other way around.
Democrats tend to trust Washington, D.C. more than Republicans do, so this may not be a surprise. Like red state Trump voters, blue state Biden voters prefer their state government to the federal government.
Biden voters are more likely to say that America would be better off if it did things like their state. They are more likely to say their state government is doing a good job than the federal government.
Most Biden voters agree that the U.S. Senate has too much power. Almost half of Biden voters have considered moving to another country because of politics. A majority of blue-state Trump voters have considered moving to another state for the same reason.
America's "great divergence" isn't a one-sided phenomenon Both Red America and Blue America are experiencing it.
What's the reason? There are two reasons, according to the new Yahoo News/You Gov poll. The first is a lack of faith in the country as a whole.
Two years ago, a majority of Americans told Yahoo News that the nation's best days were still to come, but only 25% thought the United States' best days were behind it.
34% say our best days are behind us and 37% say they're still to come. Only 19% of Americans predicted two years ago that their children would be worse off than they are. That is a huge change.
Two thirds of Americans say the federal government isn't doing its job. Only 23% of people say that the opposite is true.
It is no wonder that blue- and red-state residents who agree with the party in power are moving to different parts of the state. It is no wonder that they see each other as cautionary tales.
According to red-state Trump voters, blue states have more gun deaths and discrimination, while red states have more economic growth and education.
It is red states that suffer more gun deaths and discrimination, according to Biden voters, while blue states enjoy more economic growth and education.
Both sides can't be correct. According to Brownstein, blue state Biden voters are close to the mark. Both sides are able to think of the worst of the other.
The Yahoo News survey used a nationally representative sample of 1,662 US adults to conduct. The sample was weighted according to gender, age, race and education based on the American Community Survey conducted by the US Bureau of the Census. The respondents were selected from the opt-in panel. There is a margin of error.
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