I posted a few months ago with info about CA split into 5 states. The SF Bay and LA County states would be ridiculously Democrat, but the three “normal” states (one in San Diego, Orange and Imperial Counties, the second in the Inland Empire, Kern and Ventura Counties, and the third in the Central Valley, Sacramento County and the areas to the north) would have voted fairly comfortably for Bush in 2000 and 2004 but would have voted for Obama in 2008. Impy, you may be able to find the post easier than I could.
Hey, I found my post about splitting CA into five states fairly easily:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2195201/posts?page=59#59