I'm hoping for a 3rd party to come along. America is getting wound so tight that something is bound to fracture. Politics is the least critical piece of our country, so if that's what breaks, we'll be the best off.
Secession would likely be the worst.
Though, I've a different opinion than many here on FR - I think that the liberal states (Northeast Corridor, maybe West Coast) will secede, rather than Texas, Mississippi, et al.
Why? Liberals are easier to herd and arrogant enough to think that they'd be better off without "Flyover Country".
Only way conservative, red states get out is if they're forced out by the Feddle Gov't. Which is a possibility too, but a little less likely. Herding Conservatives is like herding cats, and all but the most radical of them realize what was posted upthread - the enemy isn't only a Hipster Dirtbag from Manhattan, but also just up the road in your closest city.
Just my $0.02. YMMV.
The problem with the analysis is that there really are no Red States or Blue States. That’s a function of the two major political parties.
The dividing lines aren’t by state, or by county, or city/town, or neighborhood.
The divisions are door to door.
It would be a terrible mess.