[smiley]

Here's a silly.....maybe not so silly solution....split California into Northern California and Southern California....equal representation from both states since it's so hugh that a single politician can't possibly become known only if he/she is a celebrity.....

After all...we have North/South Carolina, Dakota......

[My2Cents]

I've supported this concept for years. But I would cut the state vertically, having an East and West California. Cut off all of the coastal counties, perhaps through LA, and leave the Central Valley, Orange County, the Inland Empire, and San Diego County in East California.

[Squantos]

No ! Not enough room in the senate for 2 more polidiots.

[Weimdog]

I think if you look at Conservative vs Liberal voting patterns, East and West California is a better idea.

[Tree of Liberty]

The idea of carving another state out of California has been around since at least '41. Personally I'd rather see it split in 4, with the east/west split due to political differences and a north/south split due to economic differences.

[heleny]

Here's a silly.....maybe not so silly solution....split California into Northern California and Southern California....equal representation from both states since it's so hugh that a single politician can't possibly become known only if he/she is a celebrity.....

Instead of splitting CA (so that the former CA would effectively get two more Senators, and also two more electoral votes), why not change CA's electoral vote system to some form of proportional representation?

In 2000, Assemblyman Tony Strickland (R-37) proposed letting each Congressional district have one electoral vote. The two other votes would go to the winner of the popular vote across CA. I liked his proposal, especially because CA's Congressional representation keeps increasing, but I never heard about his proposal again.

In the extreme, if CA had a little over half of the US population, Presidential elections would no longer need to be conducted in the other 49 states if CA doesn't change its distribution of electoral votes. Because different areas of CA are so different, with each county almost like a mini-state, Strickland's proposal seemed like a great idea.

[vikingcelt]

No, that's not silly. For years up in extreme Northern California and Southern Oregon there has been a movement to secede from both states and create a new one. It will be called The State of Jefferson. I really wish it would happen.