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by locopati 4363 days ago
This will never happen even if it does pass the ballot measure vote. By the US Constitution (Article 4, Section 3, Clause 1 [1]), new states require both the consent of the state legislature (which currently has Democractic majority) and the US Congress (which currently is completely disfunctional). Never mind the internal fights that would happen over water rights. I think you are more likely to see California ruptured by science-fiction level earthquakes before this happens.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Four_of_the_United_Stat...

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California is not as blue as some people like to believe. I don't think California democrats would want to create three to four new red states.