I think this election proved we ' ve been underestimating rednecks . We ' re talking about in a civil war context . I ' m not underestimating their numbers , obviously there ' s more than enough willing to vote although they lost the popular vote , but how many would be willing to die just to stop someone from going into office ? Especially when that someone isn ' t particularly evil or even bad , just a bland career politician who ' s every flaw is magnified 10 x . I can ' t see Abner the farmer shooting it out with the military or ducking drones , or even being able to survive without federal funds or subsidies remember , Republican states receive the most federal funds by far . If they attempted to rebel they would live in poverty , and the lone wolf attacks would be treated as such . There would be no spark big enough to create a mass uprising of any sort , except in your imagination .