HappySqurriel on 04 July 2011
| Pristine20 said: I dont think splitting is ever a good solution because it would only lead to more and more splits. How long before other states with similar demographics split as well? PA outside the Philadelphia region is republican while the area around Philly is highly democrat for an example...how long before we follow suit? In fact, how long before the south tries to secede again? The way I see it, it's better to have both competing parties in a state that absolute party domination...that way there are actual checks and balances. |
This is the main reason many states need to split ...
Because one political ideology has a strong majority of the population in a region it means that the views of the minority are being completely ignored in both state and federal elections. If you split a completely uncompetitive state (like California) into multiple states that each are far more competitive the net result should be better governance for everyone in those newly competitive states.
