(Desperately trying to NOT be political on a RR forum) PLEASE LORD, MAKE IT STOP!!! How do you spell "gerrymander"? This is brilliant on the part of the political left, but very easily spotted by anybody with a brain to study it. Just take a look at a Legislative District map of CA and compare it to the proposed State boundaries. EACH of the proposed 6 States would be controlled by population centers that all have representatives whose affiliation begins with "D". This is just a means to get Californians who currently feel disenfranchised to support "local" representation. What it would do is to have a net result of 10 additional U.S. Senators of one Party. Anybody who cares to dispute, look it up. Anybody who agrees with the plan, go ahead and cheer. (My apologies to my friends and colleagues in CA who might read this and who don't wish to be political. We're still friends and colleagues.) Disclaimer--I fully realize that this plan has ZERO chance of becoming reality (unless a party with clout HAS this agenda in mind--but I don't see 2/3 of the other States agreeing with them.)
Thanks for reading. NOT wanting to whip up a flame war--really.