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The 51st State, Western Maryland: How to succeed without seceding
BY BARRY RASCOVAR The mountain natives are restless in Maryland. They want to have it their way, though they represent just 10 percent of the state’s population. Indeed, were the five western counties to secede from Maryland, there would be no chance for that movement to succeed.
Read MoreEberly Commentary: Western Md. secession movement is a symptom of a serious disease
These intra-state secessionist movements like the one just started in Western Maryland are driven by a complex mix of issues that go to the very heart of a representative democracy. They show how much minority partisans have been marginalized.
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