About 32 percent of Californians want to create their own country, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found, including many Democrats who are frustrated with President Trump’s win.
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The movement — dubbed “Calexit” — began after Trump won the 2016 election.
A group of liberal Californians formed the Yes California Independence campaign with the hopes of getting a secession initiative on the state’s 2018 ballot.
When a similar poll was conducted in 2014, about 20 percent of Californians supported secession.
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