“26% of America’s colonial population favored independence from Britain and King George. How come the 74% of loyalists...”
You’ve made the mistake of assuming everyone who wasn’t for independence was a loyalist. That’s a bad assumption to make.
The better assumption is that, just like today, there were probably 25-30% die hards on each side, and then the rest of the people in the middle were a bunch of cowards who didn’t want to pick a side until they could guess which side was going to win. Then they would pretend “I’ve always been for independence” afterwards.
I was trolling for that point. It is precisely where we are today. The deep state can be equated to the British army. Our elected representatives are hoping to keep the deep state in power. The 26% are the deplorables wanting liberty and freedom from tyrany. Most of the 74% are brain dead victims of public education and propaganda. They have no higher purpose than self.