• @surewhynotlem
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      -17 months ago

      They’d lose electoral college power then.

          • @[email protected]
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            17 months ago

            Splitting up California would only prove to weaken the region as a whole. Sure you may gain a couple senators and college votes but theres no guarantee that the resulting states would be economically solvent. You could just end up with a bunch of Mississippi type states, also a good chunk of California is quite conservative.

            Combining the Northern states has far clearer advantages both politically and economically. Namely it would allow a better spread of taxes.