Let me guess: it's another example of GOP wishful-thinking, where it just happens to gerrymander away a lot of CA's electoral votes?<p>/me checks article and looks at map<p>Yep. The only section that would reliably vote against the GOP would be "silicon valley" due to it being mostly urban areas. The Sacramento and urban LA areas are questionable.<p>While (current) CA as been a reliable block of electoral votes votes for some time, it there the state has a lot more "rural voters" than most people expect.<p>Precinct heat map for 2008 Obama/McCain:<p><a href="http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4362/statewidevote.gif" rel="nofollow">http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4362/statewidevote.gif</a><p>The same map skewed so area is proportional to #votes cast. The giant blue area on the left is roughly the "silicon valley" subdivision, and LA 3 of the eastern subdivisions are mostly the lighter-blue/lighter-read areas.<p><a href="http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3248/statewidevoteadjustedbi.gif" rel="nofollow">http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3248/statewidevoteadjustedb...</a><p>It's not like it would happen anyway. Does LA <i>really</i> want to start paying us in the norther half of the state for all the water we would then be "exporting"? Not going to happen.<p>edit: fixed URL
We can't even get the District of Columbia recognized as a state so people who live there can have congressional representation. And this guy thinks they're gonna make SIX NEW states just for shits and giggles?
This will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever happen. Jefferson has been a proposed state (southern Oregon + northern California) for decades. That, combined with the process of creating a state, annexing the correct territory, etc. It's not going to happen. Ever.