Plan To Split California Into Six States Gets OK To Gather Signatures

Today CA can be depended to field a DEM slate of senators, and send DEM electors to the electoral college [1]. If broken up, then some of the new senators would presumably go GOP, as would some of the electoral votes.

It would be fascinating to see the outcome of such a plan. The results would be interesting from poli sci, economics, and sociology perspectives.

[1] Is CA an all-or-nothing state, or is it proportional? I don't recall.

Re: Plan To Split California Into Six States Gets OK To Gather Signatures

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Post by mhurron » Thu, Feb 20, 2014, 5:15 PM UTC

thyrsus wrote: post #3

How do you convince a Republican to vote for this?

Tell them it will make it so the liberal hippies they currently share a state with will end up in another state and they'll be free to oppress any group they feel like.

Re: Plan To Split California Into Six States Gets OK To Gather Signatures

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Post by hartator » Thu, Feb 20, 2014, 5:16 PM UTC

I don't really see the point, is it for a more strong separation between rich and poor California?

edit: It seems they target to have a better ratio senators/californians and to get rid of the debt.

details: http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/19/tim-draper-six-californias-...

Re: Plan To Split California Into Six States Gets OK To Gather Signatures

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Post by pliny » Thu, Feb 20, 2014, 5:17 PM UTC

thyrsus wrote: post #3

How do you convince a Republican to vote for this?

Offer a split that creates an equal amount of Democratic and Republican senators.

Re: Plan To Split California Into Six States Gets OK To Gather Signatures

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Post by EGreg » Thu, Feb 20, 2014, 5:22 PM UTC

This is a joke, right?

I ain't buying new flags...