But even (and especially) those religious founders influenced by the puritans saw the wisdom of the separation of church and state. They remembered when the religious English and Scottish states persecuted them.
Is this an admission of defeat by the red team? Aren't they effectively saying that they don't want their state's results to be certified, and throw away their electoral votes because the blue team might win?
Or is it deeper, resulting in the more-populated blue team areas to not make certification, and therefore the state goes red?
Many Americans truly believe that all government is actively working against them.