Posted on 10/19/2013 2:00:09 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat
The electoral map divides the country neatly into blue states and red states. But blue states include vast conservative stretches; and most red states harbor liberal enclaves, too. In recent years, as partisan polarization has grown, some political minorities in these disaffected areas have proposed a radical solution: state partition.
It has happened before. Maine, for instance, was once part of Massachusetts. And while none of the current movements really has a shot, the eleven instances mapped here (including that to grant the District of Columbia statehood) have at least attracted the support of elected officials.
What would happen if all of them succeeded? Each new state would get two senators and its share of electoral college votes. We ran the numbers and recalculated the 2012 presidential race.
In this bizarro United States, the GOP would have a structural advantage in the expanded Senate, and Barack Obama would have had a tighter fight against Mitt Romney in the electoral college (which he won, in reality, 332–206).
If Republicans really want to screw with the electoral map, some argue they could break up Texas into five states according to the state’s terms of annexation. Democrats, meanwhile, can dream that Texas makes good on Governor Rick Perry’s threat to secede from the union altogether.
Total Electoral Votes1
Obama 310
Romney 247
Senate
Democrats 60 Republicans 62
Proposed Electoral Map
From having lived in Western Michigan, I suggest a blue Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Benton Harbor blue corridor. It would cut down the crime rate in the rest of MI significantly.
The problem with this is that the other side can do the math as well. They aren’t going to agree to a change that is going to cause them problems.
When they tried it before Yreka was supposed to be the capitol. Not far off.
MO should have 3 blue dots... The greater Kansas City area, the greater St Louis area, and in the middle of the state, Columbia (university of MO).
Mark
Inside five years, the few producers from lib Amarxica would be screaming and banging their fists on the 100 foot high wall that keep residents of Amarxica out of the constitutional/free market-minded America begging to be let inside.
Tough luck rich libs. It will cost each and every one of you half your total wealth (if you can keep it from getting stolen by the Marxists running your country) and a sworn statement swearing never to engage in redistributionist, anti-constitution, anti-free market policies ever again on pain of death.
Go Jefferson!
Come and take a look at least. We're very red out here.
All of the Red State capitals are blue.
VERY red! We just have to do something to get rid of the hippies in Ashland and Arcata.
you would find that north FL would want to leave too, actually those 3 liberal counties in the south east have been wanting to leave our state for some time.
Those Red Areas forming their own nations(s) would instantly be the freest and wealthiest nations on earth.
They have food and energy.
And like the suburbs , get flooded with inner city Dems that abandon their failed policies to work tirelessly to repeat their mistakes.
Go here and click on a specific state to get a different perspective.
http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012/
“Of course many millions of libs would like a separate country as well, but the problem is they’d have a very high percentage of bottom-feeders of all ethnic groups leeching off their screwy economic system.”
The libs talk the talk, but they also recognize that parasitism doesn’t work without a host. So when it comes down to it, they’ll oppose any state that seeks to leave. More importantly, no state will be allowed to leave. Any state that makes an attempt will be characterized as being in insurrection, and it will be put down without mercy.
I never knew of that. Thanks for posting. It explains a lot.
Hell, yes. Get out of the LA, SF and Sacto metro areas and much of California is a sea of pissed off, abused, normal folks.
I thought upstate New York was conservative. Am I misinformed?
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