A split won’t be permitted. Can’t be permitted, given the reliance of Blue on Red.
The only thing that I can think of that can put things back on track would be a nationwide strike by food producers and related transportation workers. Let the cities look starvation in the face.
Unfortunately, such a strike would be brutally put down by the government ...
And then a lot of government people will be 'brutally put down' in retaliation. Just how that kind of thing works.