https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/messing-with-texas/

The division has never happened, of course (although many people are good with splitting off the People’s Republic of Austin as a city-state), and probably won’t, because no one is willing to give up the Alamo to another “state” — although that may change if demographics are altered enough.

No Wonder Google Execs Cried When Hillary Lost – They Funded Crowdstrike – The ‘Experts’ Behind the Russian Hackers Story
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/no-wonder-google-execs-cried-when-hillary-lost-they-funded-crowdstrike-the-experts-behind-the-russian-hackers-story/

Theoretically, large states can be split into two, or small states can combine to form one larger state, or parts of one state can join another one, as long as there is agreement with those legislatures and the Congress. But this is unlikely to happen in the near future, since people like what they are used to, and those state boundaries were all formed for definite historical reasons.

However, the really big question is what might happen in the next 20-30 years, when the U.S. population hits 400-450 million people, most of whom may live in large urban cities, with two-thirds of that population non-white, and with all such recent rapid growth coming from immigration (of all types).

Under such conditions, politics will be a lot more contentious than is the case now, and the societal background may not be as ideal as one could hope. We can expect demands in the near future to change state boundaries, all in the name of greater fairness and greater equality, and for more perfect representation.

So, let me tell you where his craptastic notion utterly breaks down. Deseret. In the map of his that I saw, he had Deseret becoming a state in 1849. Deseret was settled, and named, by Mormons. And I’m talking the old school fundamentalist, polygamist Mormons. Utah today, even without the fundamentalists in control of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, is one of the most socially conservative states in the country.

Now, imagine what today’s Southern California and Hollyweird would be like if they were established and grew under the same social/political paradigms as Utah. Yes, in the mook’s map, Southern California is part of Deseret. So is Las Vegas. Sure, Las Vegas would be pretty much the same, because the Mormons realized that having a designated outlet for debauchery was useful for so many reasons. But SoCal? It would NOT be anywhere like what it is today.

First Rule of Alternate History: You don’t get to go back a century and half and change something big, and have everything the same today except for the one special change you want to see.

(Note: This doesn’t even consider the question of what Deseret does in the Civil War. The Mormons went west to establish their OWN country, not to establish a state in the Union….. )

They understand perfectly; it is a deliberate and well-thought out strategy. They will tell you out one side of their mouths that people who live in Florida Panhandle should have their votes count for Alabama, and out of the other side that illegal aliens in Florida Panhandle deserve in-state tuition at Florida universities.

The Inner Party seeks power. The Inner Party produces whatever propaganda it takes to enough of the Outer Party to vote the right way.

Remember when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were opposed to gay marriage? Not one leftist of my acquaintance believed that they actually were. And they were not. They were just lying. The Inner Party knew.

Upstate New York, down state Illinois and eastern California would be ecstatic.

Not only don’t you live in Florida anymore, but your taxes will change, regulations for businesses will change, your school curricula will be different, and in-state tuition won’t work for your kids.
These idiots don’t understand anything.