Calexit is again in the news as signatures are gathered. The politics of Trump aside, California has an excellent case - purely on size - for becoming an independent country. In 1870, the United States had a population of 38.8 million people who were represented in Congress by 241 Representatives and 72 Senators. Today, California has a population of 39.3 million who are represented in Congress by 53 Representatives and 2 Senators. The federal aristocracy put a cap on the number of people who could be in the ruling class and this gets worse every year. A mere 535 people in Washington cannot possible represent the disparate interests of 320,000,000 citizens. If the central government kept to its Constitutional role, perhaps it could but it has breached those bounds. One cannot reconcile the sharply contrasting views of New York and Texas or California and Oklahoma. Federalism or secession.
Though the state is dominated by Democrats, the Democratic Party cannot allow California to secede. 20% of all the Democratic Congressmen are from California. Right now, the Republicans hold the House by a 240 to 194 margin. Take out California and that becomes 226 to 155. Without California, Trump won the popular vote by 1.4 million rather than losing it by 2.9 million. The Democrats cannot afford to lose the state and will necessarily take action to prevent Calexit. As such, the Republicans should grease the skids for Calexit and enjoy the ensuing civil war between California Secessionist Democrats vs. National Unionist Democrats.
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