Draper's Argumentative Analysis

Recently gaining popularity in light of the recent election, some Californian residents are calling for secession. The idea of secession is not new, especially in instances of political turmoil. In 2012, after former President Obama’s re-election, individuals from states like Texas and Louisiana began petitions that garnered enough signatures for an office of the White House to respond. However, instead of California seceding and becoming it’s own nation, what about splitting the state into two or three states? Dividing into separate states could ease feelings of unjust representation and help the further development in each state’s needs.
To begin, California has almost 40 million people living in it’s state, making it the most populous state in the United States. Ergo, it’s a large place for different opinions to fester. Despite California voting on the democratic side in every presidential election since 1992,

There isn’t a fine line that shows that certain people live here and other people live there, however, a report by the Public Policy Institute of California shows that cities and counties along the coast happen to lean left while inland cities and counties lean towards the right of the political spectrum. A rather corresponding idea of the separation has already been made by Tim Draper, who first thought California should be separated into six states then recently has proposed the idea of three. The Sacbee writes that Draper’s ideas is that, “Sprawling ‘Northern California’ would include Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, El Dorado and 36 other counties, while ‘Southern California’ would cover 12 counties, from Fresno to the south. The new ‘California’ would be anchored by Los Angeles County and then extend up the Central Coast to San Benito County, more than 300 miles away.” This ideally fits with the political differences and can also institute state legislature that help the counties individual needs better than one with 58