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Florida 3.07 Week 4

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Question 1
The connections that both of these types of people are that they both want to be more recognized as a county instead of being left behind in the dust and not even mentioned at all. They think as being a town with 11 counties they should have more representatives. They gave an example where Los Angeles has 11 counties and has 11 senator, but it not the same for the town which has only one senator. The region where the activists are talking about is represented by 6 lawmakers. They want to accept more as a piece of land. Of course, they also want to make a 51st state. I don’t think the federal government is too strong, mainly because they don’t have complete power over only one state. That’s why there is a governor to hold the state together and maintain its status as a state the functions well.
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The worst part of making a new state is the presidential election. The country would have to decide how many electoral votes would be made for this new state. This extra state can have a big effect in the run for president. The fact that California is repeatedly a Democratic state and with the Electoral College system, every part of the state would be represented as a democrat no matter what party a person voted for. What if this new state were to be made and it ended up to be a republican state. California for lose those votes and the other party would get them. Due to the population I would think the new state would have maybe only one or two Electoral College votes, which may seem like nothing but it could make a huge difference especially if the election is extremely close. The constitutional process would be all the same as the other states got in the past. I think this has a very extremely slim chance that a 51st state would be even considered and let alone made. The elections, governing positions

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