Will state citizenship become more important?

Asked by Jeruba (56200

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This question crossed my mind this morning. I think what prompted it was seeing that Republican senators and representatives are begging for their states to be exceptions to Trump’s draconian new policies.

As Americans, we are U.S. citizens. We are also residents and voters in states and territories. As things get weirder, will there be a reason for us to start identifying our citizenship with our states?
• Will I declare myself a citizen of California?
• Can I claim a birthright citizenship of Vermont? or a long-term residency of Massachusetts?
• Will we see serious talk of secession? What if, say, Maine votes to apply to become a province of Canada?
• Will things get weirder than that?

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With Felon47 tanking your country you never know.

SQUEEKY2 (23588

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I’ve thought about this sort of thing before, but at the time my state, Florida, was politically purple, and I hoped Florida would be with the “north” if most of the bible belt seceded and the country broke apart. Since then Florida is redder, which is unfortunate and nerve racking for me. If the country divided and Florida went with the south, I just can’t deal with the idea.

Your scenario, maybe it wouldn’t be as bad for me as several states banding together. I don’t mind living in a “reddish” state, but actually dissolving the US, is that basically what we are talking about? Or, just more of our identity attached to our state?

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