Courthouse News: Breaking up is hard to do: California secession movement pushes forward on ballot question

By Alan Riquelmy

A poll released this month and commissioned by the Independent California Institute — which stated that its first principle is for California to become a “fully functioning sovereign and autonomous nation” — offers some support for secessionists.

According to the poll, 61% of respondents said the state would be better off if it peacefully seceded, and 63% supported using “hardball” tactics to gain autonomy.

Kim Nalder, a political science professor at Sacramento State, said she believed it’s possible the Calexit movement could gain the necessary number of signatures needed to reach the ballot. She pointed to a series of “dramatic actions” in the first few days of the Trump administration that could tap into voters’ emotions.

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