Such is the case with the petitions by upset conservatives claiming a desire to leave the United States because of the reelection of President Barack Obama. In reality these petitioners represent a very small number of actual citizens (Texas' petition has been signed by the equivalent of 0.3% of Texas' overall population). Overall this is mostly people venting their anger at Obama's win and not a true desire to leave the union. These petitions' existence are a non-story, much like the supposed desire of some in Vermont to reestablish the Republic of Vermont during the presidency of George W Bush.
A late night browsing of petitions revealed 41 states have petitions pertaining to leaving the union. The petition for Alaska merely asks for the right to vote on whether or not to leave the union, and Alaska is the only state with a quasi-serious independence party which actually won a statewide election. The states without a petition are the swing state of Iowa and the majority Democrat Party states of Hawaii, Washington, Iowa, Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maine.
|It is not so much Red State v. Blue State but you can find angry people who will copy a press-driven protest almost anywhere. Map created from 270towin.com|