One in Five Americans Want Their State to Secede and Join Canada

[struggle4progress]

Published Mar 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM EDT
Updated Mar 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM EDT

... 9 percent, of Canadians said they think it would be likely that Canada joins the United States, 20 percent of Americans in the poll said they would like their state to secede from the U.S. and become a part of their northern neighbor, according to the new Leger report ...

https://www.newsweek.com/one-five-americans-want-their-state-secede-join-canada-2052148

[Historic NY]

1. The New England and NY & NJ

[indigovalley]

2. Minnesota for sure

We would blend in easily...

[LiveToLurk]

7. Absolutely!

And being able to easily go to south to Toronto when it gets too cold in Minneapolis would be a godsend.

[Aristus]

3. Washington State!

Or at least western Washington. The Trump-humpers east of the Cascades can fuck all the way off, and hopefully, die deep in medical bankruptcy.

[fierywoman]

6. Yesyesyes!

[murielm99]

4. Illinois, too.

[AwakeAtLast]

18. Yes!

[Sogo]

5. I would move so fast to one of my bordering states - IL or MN - or back to CA....

Not gonna be left behind in Trumplandistan (you KNOW he would rename it)!!

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Maryland, here. Raising my hand

I can imagine all of New England, New York, and the coastal Mid-Atlantic joining. Add in Northern Virginia (NoVa)

[walkingman]

9. How about Texas goes back to Mexico?

[JoseBalow]

12. Fuck that, how about Alta California goes back to Mexico?

[johnnyfins]

10. And then TSF

Can move the Capitol to FLA

[Joinfortmill]

11. I'm with them. My mom was born in Canada.

[BlueMTexpat]

15. My maternal grandfather first immigrated to Canada from England,

worked his way across that country, and then entered northwestern Montana from Alberta in the early 1900s.

Strictly speaking, he was an illegal immigrant. But by the time that was discovered and anyone cared, he was considered a pillar of the community, had married a US widow, adopted her two sons from a previous marriage, and begun raising a family of his own, which included seven daughters.

My maternal grandmom was born in Dallas, TX and went to join her parents, who had moved to Montana from Missouri, after her first husband died of appendicitis.

I was raised along the Hi-Line (US No. 2) in Montana and have always felt a great kinship with our neighbors to the north.

[CitizenZero]

13. Blue state economies

A lot of the blue states have the lion's share of the economic power in America. New York, California, Illinois, Michigan, etc. I would feel bad for Dems living in red states though.

[EllieBC]

14. HOLD UP!

Listen, that’s great but don’t come up here with crazy bullshit.

We have the monarchy on our money. No it’s not going away. Good Friday is a statutory holiday. No, it’s not going away. God is in the anthem, not going away. We have a governor general who is essentially a viceroy. Not going away. Hockey and especially kids hockey is fucking important and municipalities will spend fucktons of money on ice and arenas and no it’s not going away.

If you’re good with all that? Cool. Just don’t decide you need to remake Canada in your preferred image.

[Hassler]

16. A vote was held at (now)Champoeg State Park

In the Oregon territory, over whether Oregon Territory (including now Washington State) would be part of US or British Columbia. As an Oregonian, I wish they'd chosen more wisely.

[OverBurn]

17. Indiana please, unfortunately we'd probably vote against it.

[AntiFascist]

19. If only Canada would become fully independent. n/t