'Six Californias' Initiative Fails for 2016 Ballot

[quakerboy]

12. The idea had merit, the plan was terrible.

The idea of dividing California is not a terrible one. LA by itself has significantly more people than most states. If California was divided into 5-6 roughly even states, each would still be larger than average. And they are vastly under represented in the senate, and the Electoral college. Dividing it into multiple states would help with these issues.

But the map that draper came up with was some pretty serious RW corporate crap. It made a northern California into state that was drastically red, and drastically under populated, compared to the national average, and another under populated, land locked inner California red state. If you were to divide any state, it should be into roughly equal population sections, regardless of political affiliation.