I often think that a civil war in this country mostly be in the cities.
You’re typical gang of leftist revolutionaries aren’t exactly going to march out into rural areas and pick fights that they’d lose in a nanosecond. They’ll do what we’ve seen on TV ... they’ll cause civil unrest in cities ... they’ll burn, loot, and riot ... then they’ll start killing one another after things get out of control.
If anything, I’d expect to see the cities under control of various warlords at the end of the first phase of the civil war with them dying out after they realize that cities aren’t great places to grow food, raise livestock, or trading when violent morons are running the show.
Seriously, can anyone really see these Antifa types marching around in rural areas? The farthest away from the cities they’ll get are the suburbs, but the libs in those communities aren’t, for the most part, dyed in the wool commies ... they like their McMansions and toys and only vote for Rats since they feel bad and want to look like they’re helping those less fortunate with other people’s money.
You point out how the demographics are very complex in this divide. It really isn’t state vs state but city vs suburbs/rural in some cases or city/suburbs vs rural in other cases. Even Texas, you would have the Dallas core of liberals vs the rest of the state.