[central_va]

Not going to happen.

But it should. The more it is talked about the better the idea sounds. That is how change happens.

[Wallace T.]

The only way new states will be formed is if, as during the runup before Fort Sumter, one red state is admitted with one blue state. When Missouri applied for admission in 1820, Massachusetts spun off the area that became the state of Maine in order to maintain the North/South balance of power. If Washington, DC or Puerto Rico are admitted as states, so should Eastern Washington or Downstate Illinois. The only way that would occur is if the election process is cleaned up before the 2022 Congressional elections and, as a result, the Republicans capture both Houses of Congress. The leftists who control the legislatures of the blue states have no motivation to release the captive rural areas otherwise.