This has always been a weird belief to me. California is the US’s best economy and a leader in science, art, technology, education, trade, manufacturing, and ag

This has always been a weird belief to me. California is the US’s best economy and a leader in science, art, technology, education, trade, manufacturing, and agriculture. It has led the way on many civil rights issues which later end up being adopted by the nation as a whole. So much value for the US and it should be disfavored over those that provide so much less? Sure it has its problems, but just looking at results it’s clear California is the most successful state we have. So you want to overrepresent the unsuccessful states?