If your country was the 51st state? (user search)

Ok so if Spain was suddenly a US state it would be the biggest in population and 3rd biggest in terms of the economy (behind CA, TX and NY).

However, Spain would also be the poorest state, slightly behind even Mississippi. It would also have the biggest unemployment rate and it would not even be close.

Politically, Spain would be Safe D, ranging somewhere between 65-35 to 75-25 for Democrats. If you however adapt the parties to be more palatable to a Spanish audience, it would be a country that is a tossup; though a lot depends on how Catalan/Basque nationalists vote. However I will assume they side with the left of centre party and therefore Spain would still be very likely left. However the right would have a very high floor, just with a very low ceiling too.

Ironically Spain would be a very elastic place too as the country is not as polarized as the US. No 80% R or 80% D counties.

Spain would be entitled to a ton of Electoral votes too, probably something like 60 EVs? Still safe Biden in 2020.

In the Senate, Spain would have elected 2 Democrats. Although Spain might have elected a "RINO" of sorts in 2012 back when our left was 100% discredited.

As for the House, I actually drew a hypothetical "Spain as a US state" map not too far ago! Though I did use Spanish parties for it. It also has some high deviations as I priorized keeping autonomous communities whole.

In any case, here is the map (not pictured are the 3 Canary Islands seats):

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1F18ykvWXvJ3ouQ5LI1KIQya0pjRMc_5r&usp=sharing

And here is the full list of seats:

Spoiler alert! Click Show to show the content.

Total numbers would be:

24 Left seats
2 Tilt left seats
30 Right seats
2 Tilt right seats
7 nationalist seats
2 Tilt nationalist seats

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