Alaska Secession Supported By Over a Third Of State's Residents

Alaska topped the YuGov survey with 36 percent wanting to separate from the US and become an independent state. The question of secession on a national level showed that 23 percent of US adults would support their state seceding from the union, sparking growing divide concerns.

Texas isn’t far behind

While 36 percent of Alaska would leave the US, that number is only slightly lower in Texas – 31 percent. The survey was conducted between February 2 and 5, and 35,307 adults across the States were asked a simple question: would they “support your state seceding from the US?”

Republicans are more likely to support the secession

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Of those polled in favor of secession, 29 percent were Republicans compared to 21 percent of Democrats. Still, a majority, 51 percent, would not support secession, while 27 percent were undecided.

Other states that made the top five

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Other states that top the list include California, New York, and Oklahoma. California’s secession is supported by 29 percent of those polled; in New York and Oklahoma, that number is 28 percent.

The states that are on the bottom of the list

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Minnesota, Ohio, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island are at the bottom of the list. In Minnesota, only 13 percent supported the idea of secession, while in the other three states, that number was 14 percent.

Alaska’s aspirations

At the front and center of the state’s secession aspirations is The Alaskan Independence Party (AIP), which began working in the 70s but was officially founded in the early 80s. This is the “largest of any third parties in the 50 states.”

Inside AIP

AIP is “a pro-gun, pro-family, pro-life, pro-strict-interpretation constitution party,” which supports “all efforts to curtail or eradicate abortion, euthanasia, and infanticide.” AIP points out that its “primary goal is merely a vote on secession” because “Alaskans were denied during the founding of the state.”

New Hampshire’s situation

One GOP legislator introduced a bill to the state House of Representatives for New Hampshire to become independent once the national debt reaches 40 trillion. The House rejected it along with a bill that would have created a committee to investigate the “economic, legal and sociological aspects of New Hampshire exerting its sovereign state rights.”

Other surveys from Texas

Redfield & Wilton Strategies conducted a survey published by Newsweek, and out of 814 Texas voters, 23 percent said they approve of Texas becoming an independent country. In contrast, 67 percent wanted to stay in the States, while the rest were undecided.

Texas sparked secession conversations

Due to the border crisis, Nikki Haley, GOP presidential hopeful, initially said that if Texas wants to secede, “they can do that,” adding, “If that whole state says, ‘We don’t want to be part of America anymore,’ I mean, that’s their decision to make.” She soon corrected herself.

Haley backtracked

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After this statement, many reminded her that’s impossible, so Haley told CNN’s Dana Bash, “According to the Constitution, they can’t.” She elaborated, “What I said is, when the government stops listening, let’s remember states’ rights matter. You have to be as close to the people as possible. No one is talking about seceding. That’s not an issue at all.”

Haley’s comments are not surprising

As the former Governor of South Carolina, the first state to secede after the election of President Abraham Lincoln in 1860, the idea of secession came to life, and it was attributed to John Calhoun. Calhoun was from South Carolina and served as a VP under President John Quincy Adams and President Andrew Jackson.

Mississippi’s and South Carolina’s secession efforts

Like New Hampshire, the two states also had their fair share of attempts to legalize secession, but they, too, failed. Those who support secession in these states frequently align themselves with similar movements in other states, like the Texas Nationalist Movement.