It's more than speculation. Look at Oregon's five rural counties that petitioned to secede and join Idaho. I'd be happy to say goodbye to all those theocratic neo-confederates. They do their huntin, fishin' and churchin' in their American handmaid's tale Talibanistan and the rest of us build a civilized social democratic country like Canada. We'd benefit from the northward flow of all their academic and scientific talent fleeing their creationist schools and nativist bigotry. https://medium.com/illumination-curated/secession-2-0-the-big-sort-continues-d45527935a78 .