Should We Stay or Should We Go?

August 2, 2022
  

A recent Yahoo! News/YouGov poll asked, “Do you think your state would be better off or worse off if it left the United States and became an independent country?”

Results showed 43% believe they’d be “worse off,” 24% were “not sure,” 18% said they’d be “better off” and 15% said things would be about the same. But when Yahoo! News correspondent Andrew Romano broke down the responses, he found that people in red states who voted for Donald Trump were much more open to seceding:

Red-state Donald Trump voters are now more likely to say they’d be personally ‘better off’ (33%) than ‘worse off’ (29%) if their state seceded from the U.S. and became an independent country.

Meanwhile, half of the 8,600 participants in a recent study by University of California, Davis, expect a civil war in the U.S. in the next five years. Science magazine, which reported on the study, said many of the participants expect to take part in such a war. Rachel Kleinfeld, a political violence expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said the study’s findings are compelling because of the large number of participants. She said the study sample slightly overrepresented older people, who are not known to commit much violence. “So, the fact that you’re [still] getting these high numbers … is really quite concerning,” she added.

The February 2010 issue of The Socionomist said secessionism springs from “the negative-mood impulse among people to separate and polarize.” Look for more talk of secession if social mood becomes increasingly negative.

The Socionomics Premier Membership is your best bet to anticipate and adapt to changes in social mood. Keep reading below to learn how you can become a member.

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Socionomics starts with a simple observation: How people FEEL influences how they will BEHAVE.

At the Socionomics Institute, we look at how society is feeling today — so you can anticipate how society will behave tomorrow. We track social mood in real time across the globe. You’ll see how changes in social mood shift everything from the songs people want to hear to the leaders they elect; from people’s desire for peace to their hunger for scandals.

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	THE SOCIONOMIST Magazine 12 issues per year, plus the entire archive ($1200 total value) The Socionomist is dedicated to helping readers capitalize on social mood. Each month, our analysts show you how social mood is driving trends around the world. They identify upcoming turns and forecast bold new changes that no one else sees coming. Politics, popular culture, disease, family, religion, industry – MAGAZINE ARCHIVE Value: $900 You get open access to the entire Socionomist archive (100+ issues!) they are all powered by social mood; The Socionomist shows you how so you can prepare for what’s ahead. No thinking person should be without this magazine. One-year subscription value: $300.
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