Is there a way upstate NY can dump NYC? NYC voters are killing us. (My apologies to the conservatives in NYC.)
We in IL would like to dump Cook County. And mind you me and Billyboy both live in Cook County!
Even if you dumped 4 of the 5 boroughs (and threw in Nassau, since that’s really the 6th borough), NY State would still be Dem leaning. Unfortunately, there’s more than a few states where removing the lead city/county would shift it to the GOP. Oregon and Multnomah/Portland comes to mind. Washington and King/Seattle (or really, the Puget Sound Black Hole). Nevada and Clark/Las Vegas. Illinois and Chicago/”Crook” County. Michigan and Wayne/Detroit. Delaware and Wilmington/New Castle. Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. Virginia and Fairfax County.
I’ve said before that there’s a real problem with states where 1 county (dense urban) with often questionable voting practices can overwhelm the preference of the entirety of the rest of the state.
This could be a dividing point for the nation. Let the leftist enclaves be their own states with autonomy and let the rest alone to rule themselves under Constitutional guidelines. Watch which flourish and which self-destruct. We already know the answer.