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> When people think Cal has too few senators for it's pop., one solution is to divide. Isn't the whole point of the US Senate to prevent the more populous stat
by uiri 10y ago
> When people think Cal has too few senators for it's pop., one solution is to divide.
Isn't the whole point of the US Senate to prevent the more populous states from passing stuff against the interests of the less populous states? There is no such thing as too few senators for a state's population.
- bluejekyll 10y agoIf CA were to divide, this would imply that two more Senators would be added to Congress, and coming from this region, it would imply more representation of the west coast ideas in congress.
- mc32 10y agoYes, exactly. I'm not saying I either want or don't want more west coast ideas in congress, I'm saying if people say we have too few senators for the pop. a solution is divide. Also, I'm not certain a "Jefferson" would be the same politically as So. Cal and Bay area.
- nostrademons 10y agoJefferson would likely be more conservative than either CA or OR. If you've ever visited the North Coast of California, it's very rural in character, and in culture is much closer to Montana or Wyoming than the Bay Area.
- dcosson 10y agoBy that logic there's also no such thing as too many senators for a given number of square miles if you cram enough states into it, so California could split into 100 states and that would be just as fair.
- kerbalspacepro 10y agoThe point of the Senate is to protect slavery.