Most Californians Believe They'd Be Happier if State Seceded

Newsweek -  While many reject the idea of state secession as a fantasy of just a few, a new survey revealed that a majority of Californians feel they'd be happier if their state was no longer part of the United States. According to the Independent California poll, which was conducted by YouGov among 500 randomly chosen adults in the state this month, 58 percent said Californians would be "better off" if it peacefully seceded from the union and had a "friendly relationship" with the United States.  Still, a greater majority, 60 percent, admitted that California could never become an independent country because of the post-Civil War decision in Texas v. White (1869). The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that unilateral secession by a state was illegal.