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The state containing San Francisco would lean Democrat. The state containing Los Angeles would lean Democrat. The third state (San Diego, Fresno, Bakersfield) would lean Republican. That seems more representative to me?

http://www.ppic.org/publication/californias-political-geogra...

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Applying that logic to only California and not other states like Texas produces a partisan result.

If all red states were to be winner-take-all in the electoral college, and all blue states were to split their electors according to vote percentages, that would not be more "representative".

Ah, yes, I suppose the Democrats would gain Senators but lose Electoral College votes.

I don't see it. Currently the Democrats have two senators from California. Do the three-way split, and Democrats have two senators from California-SF and two from California-LA, and the Republicans have two senators from California-EverywhereElse. Democrats gained two senators, and Republicans gained two senators. That seems neutral to me.

You're right.

sentors would technically be the same count.

Currently California is +2 Dems

In the new plan it would most likely be +2 Dems +2 Rep +2 Dems = +2 Dems

So no new gain. Where it would hurt would be the electorate college. California has 55, now 1/3rd of that would go to Rep.

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