BREAK UP: Will California splinter into 6 states? Voters, Congress could soon decide

WATimes ^ | 1/6/14 | Valerie Richardson

[Baynative]

I think the new senators would most likely be representing Red States.

... and by the way, I resent your remark about having the two dimmest bulbs to ever wander the chamber. I happen to live in Washington State and there are no dimmer bulbs than our very own Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell!

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For some reason, The New Republic broke up the three West Coast States into six and tried to see how the last election would have gone.

Oregon and "West Washington" were strong for Obama, but "East Washington" went for Romney by a decent margin.

The state of "Jefferson" -- the top quarter of California plus most of the bottom third of Oregon -- also went for Romney.

"California" -- Sacramento, San Francisco, the Central Coast, and Los Angeles -- picked Obama by a landslide, but "South California" -- San Diego, the desert, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange County, and the southern Central Valley -- only went very narrowly for Obama (.5%).

Of course, the state would never be divided up that way.

Democrats would never turn a sure win state into three states, two of which they couldn't count on.

Los Angeles would never consent to be the tail tacked onto the end of San Francisco's state, when for years the whole point of breakup would have been to give each city it's own state.

But it was an interesting experiment.