Three Out Of Five Texas Donald Trump Supporters Endorse Seceding Should Hillary Clinton Become President

AUSTIN, TX — The Texas secessionist movement is at it again. This time, those who have long called for Texas to secede from the United States endorse the move should Hillary Clinton be elected president — with three of five Donald Trump supporters saying they'd be all for leaving the union.

Among the findings of a Public Policy Polling survey released this week were those related to Texas secession. Overall, 26 percent of voters would support leaving the United States versus 59 percent who would prefer to stay. The numbers spike among Trump supporters: 37 percent of those voters would support seceding, with 49 percent opposed to an exit.

"If you look at the Presidential race in Texas only among voters who are opposed to seceding from the United State, Clinton leads Trump 54/41," the survey authors wrote in a summary. "But that's offset by Trump's 72/20 advantage with the secession crowd. If Clinton is elected President this fall, the Trump voters really want out — in that case 61% say they'd support seceding from the United States, to only 29% who would stick around."

Public Policy Polling surveyed 944 likely voters to achieve its findings.

Proponents of secession have had quite a banner year so far, energized by recent world events in promoting a divorce from America. When voters in England voted to leave the European Union (terming the move "Brexit"), secessionists were giddy with excitement over the possibilities of emulating the move — even dubbing a Lone Star State version as "Texit."

Yet secessionist excitement predated the Brexit news. In May, Texas secessionists actually garnered sufficient backing to formally call for a vote on the issue during the GOP state convention in Dallas. The motion failed to pass (you probably would've heard about it had Texas actually seceded).

Gov. Greg Abbott expressed tacit support for secessionists, further fanning the flames of a potential Texas exit a la Brexit in a recent interview with Fox News.

"This is something that is going on not just in the United States, but this is something that's going on across the entire globe and there's a reason for it and that is because sovereignty is a key component of a nation, and we've seen the United States, we've seen Great Britain, we've seen countries in Europe sacrifice their sovereignty and we've seen the way their citizens suffer because of it," Abbott told Fox host Sean Hannity.

"Asserting the sovereignty of a state, of a nation, is essential and that is what America must do to put our country back on the right track," Abbott concluded.

Despite such recent overtures, secessionists might want to pump the brakes on this whole breaking-away-from-America thing. There's just one little obstacle toward their goal: It's not legally allowed. Current Supreme Court precedent (Texas vs. White) holds that states cannot secede from the union. The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia even weighed in on the matter: "If there was any constitutional issue resolved by the Civil War, it is that there is no right to secede."

So it's pretty much settled, y'all. Or is it?