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Originally Posted by Rangermoore
Never happen..US Govt won't let it happen...  |
Actually according to the Constitution it CAN happen. West Virginia used to be part of Virginia until 1863.
Why would the US government care? It's not like they are seceding from the US. If the people of California want it( and it would only happen if they really want it to happen since it takes 2/3 vote) then the US would be stupid to not let it happen. Ok republicans would want it to happen because they keeping losing California in presidential elections and those 55 electoral votes all go the the Democrat candidate. That's 1/5 of what you need to win. By breaking California up into 4 pieces the GOP has a chance of winning 1 of those parts thus increasing their EV count and decreasing the democrats EV count. The dems would be stupid to not let it happen because any Dem candidate that said no would NOT win California in a presidential election. You don't tell at least 2/3 of a state to fuck off and expect them to vote for you.