Partitions

[BuckeyeNut]

If Texas was partitioned into 5 states, and California 6 (as proposed by Tim Draper), how would it affect national elections in the United States? And what would local elections be like?

[BuckeyeNut]

Approximate population for the 6 Californias are as follows.

Jefferson: 949,409 (1 CD)
North California: 3,820,438 (5 CD)
Silicon Valley: 6,828,617 (9 CD)
Central California: 4,232,419 (6 CD)
West California: 11,563,717 (16 CD)
South California: 10,890,997 (16 CD)

EDIT: I also challenge the idea Jefferson would be Safe R. Tester-like Democrats could do well there, and if a high-profile Libertarian would ever do well, Jefferson's the place.

[BuckeyeNut]

How do you figure?

[BuckeyeNut]

Approximate population for the 6 Californias are as follows.

Jefferson: 949,409 (1 CD)
North California: 3,820,438 (5 CD)
Silicon Valley: 6,828,617 (9 CD)
Central California: 4,232,419 (6 CD)
West California: 11,563,717 (16 CD)
South California: 10,890,997 (16 CD)

EDIT: I also challenge the idea Jefferson would be Safe R. Tester-like Democrats could do well there, and if a high-profile Libertarian would ever do well, Jefferson's the place.

Aren't Tester-like populist Democrats and Libertarians for the most part ideological opposites?!?

Not really. Tester is fairly socially liberal.

That was my line of thinking. I hope to update this/run with this idea for a what-if election once school winds down. For now, do people have any thoughts on statewide candidates in these new States?