Nobody on either side liked the Cal3 proposal because it just turns one California into three Illinois. You'd still have major urban areas mostly controlling e

Nobody on either side liked the Cal3 proposal because it just turns one California into three Illinois. You'd still have major urban areas mostly controlling each state but fighting the rest of the state every step of the way. It works from a "keep the number of red and blue senators" fairly constant perspective but it doesn't actually solve anybody's complaints about lack of self-government.