Can one state get 100 EVs?

[Plankton5165]

I can see Texas possibly doing so in the 2100s.

[brucejoel99]

Theoretically, sure, but considering the mathematical realities of population distribution, no chance in hell.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

That would require a state to have 22.5% of the country's population. California could do it, but that day is a long way away.

[Senator Incitatus]

Yes, if the House of Representatives were expanded.

[Person Man]

I can see Texas possibly doing so in the 2100s.

Isn't Texas on its way to being a lot less habitable in 100 years?

[Annatar]

I can see Texas possibly doing so in the 2100s.

Isn't Texas on its way to being a lot less habitable in 100 years?

With modern technology weather doesn't matter that much anymore, air conditioning means heat is irrelevant, many of the fastest growing cities in the world are in very hot areas, hotter than Texas.

[MarkD]

Theoretically, sure, but considering the mathematical realities of population distribution, no chance in hell.

Yep.

[beesley]

That would require a state to have 22.5% of the country's population. California could do it, but that day is a long way away.

Any state with than proportion of the population should split itself.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

That would require a state to have 22.5% of the country's population. California could do it, but that day is a long way away.

Any state with than proportion of the population should split itself.

Or smaller states should be merged. I've always found 50 states to be far too many.

[cvparty]

That would require a state to have 22.5% of the country's population. California could do it, but that day is a long way away.

Any state with than proportion of the population should split itself.

Or smaller states should be merged. I've always found 50 states to be far too many.

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[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

That would require a state to have 22.5% of the country's population. California could do it, but that day is a long way away.

Any state with than proportion of the population should split itself.

Or smaller states should be merged. I've always found 50 states to be far too many.

idaho wyoming montana dakota megastate

But unironically. And follow natural lines. Straight line borders piss me off.

[Skill and Chance]

You need a constitutional amendment to combine states.  You just need a majority of the state legislature and a majority of the US congress to split them.  It is obvious which one would be tried 1st.

[Idaho Conservative]

That would require a state to have 22.5% of the country's population. California could do it, but that day is a long way away.

Any state with than proportion of the population should split itself.

Or smaller states should be merged. I've always found 50 states to be far too many.

CT-RI-MA and VT-NH-ME megastates.  They are way too tiny.

[YE]

That would require a state to have 22.5% of the country's population. California could do it, but that day is a long way away.

Any state with than proportion of the population should split itself.

Or smaller states should be merged. I've always found 50 states to be far too many.

CT-RI-MA and VT-NH-ME megastates.  They are way too tiny.

MA and CT aren’t exactly small states.

[Technocracy Timmy]

Massachusetts is larger than the 50 state average in terms of population.

[Idaho Conservative]

That would require a state to have 22.5% of the country's population. California could do it, but that day is a long way away.

Any state with than proportion of the population should split itself.

Or smaller states should be merged. I've always found 50 states to be far too many.

CT-RI-MA and VT-NH-ME megastates.  They are way too tiny.

MA and CT aren’t exactly small states.

I'm talking area wise. 

[Kyng]

Well, I suppose Alaska could in the far, far future - if it gets flooded with climate refugees from the Sun Belt (and perhaps outside the USA). However, this probably wouldn't happen until the 2100s at the earliest, if it happens at all - and, even then, I'd say there's a good chance that it'd be divided up into multiple states.

[Cassandra]

I can see Texas possibly doing so in the 2100s.

Isn't Texas on its way to being a lot less habitable in 100 years?

With modern technology weather doesn't matter that much anymore, air conditioning means heat is irrelevant, many of the fastest growing cities in the world are in very hot areas, hotter than Texas.

Good luck keeping your electrical grid running when wet bulb temperatures soar past 35C.

[jake_arlington]

Please, just no