New California has filed to become the "51st" US state

[Errorist76]

irstupid said:

Errorist76 said:

 

So they essentially want to „get rid of the waste“ in Trump speech?! For it to become New California there first needs to be no California no more. Also I’m sure the constitution forbids such a thing, right?!

 

That’s what I thought.

If they complain about the state‘s government why did they elect it?!

That is their point. They don't have representation in their mind. If you look at the map showing who wants to break away, its covers like 95% of the total land area, yet I would guess they only represent 30% of the total population. Thus you have the highly populated urban areas electing all of the government in that state. The officials running for government there know this and thus pander to the urban areas and make all the rules that benefit the urban area.

It's the very reason we don't have a popular vote for president, but the one we have. It's so that people running for president don't just pander 100% to the huge cities and ignore 95% of the rest of the country.

Last I knew voting works by voice, not by land mass.