Zogby: 18% would support secession of their state; 43% of Hispanics think states have right to secede

The Middlebury Institute sponsored a Zogby Poll about secession and the results are here:

One in five American adults - 22% - believe that any state or region has the right to "peaceably secede from the United States and become an independent republic"... the percentage was slightly higher in the South (26%) and the East (24%)... the highest percentage agreeing with the right to secede was among Hispanics (43%) and African-Americans (40%). Among white respondents, 17% said states or regions should have the right to peaceably secede...

Asked whether they would support a secessionist movement in their own state, 18% said they would, with those in the South most likely to say they would back such an effort. In the South, 24% said they would support such an effort, while 15% in the West and Midwest said the same...

The full data for the poll doesn't appear to be online, but the percentages of Hispanics supporting secessionist movements in their states for the Southwest would be good to know.

Politics · Fri, 07/25/2008 - 12:32 · · Importance: 1

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