‘National Divorce’ Support and Debate over Political Boundaries

Left-wing pundits were predictably appalled last month when Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conservative provocateur, called for “a national divorce” She tweeted:

Greene is an expert on how to troll liberals, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore the sentiment she expressed. A new Ipsos poll of 1,018 adults, conducted in mid-March, found 20 percent of Americans agreeing about a divorce between the states. Support ranged across the spectrum — 16 percent of Democrats, 25 percent of Republicans, and 20 percent of independents.

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Left-wing pundits were predictably appalled last month when Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conservative provocateur, called for “a national divorce” She tweeted:

Greene is an expert on how to troll liberals, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore the sentiment she expressed. A new Ipsos poll of 1,018 adults, conducted in mid-March, found 20 percent of Americans agreeing about a divorce between the states. Support ranged across the spectrum — 16 percent of Democrats, 25 percent of Republicans, and 20 percent of independents.