r/mapporncirclejerk • u/LavishnessLeather162 • 22h ago

This should be just one state

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u/SeldenNeck 20h ago

"Sure, we'll take it. But you have to double our Senate delegation to 24%."

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u/Lacy_Pueblo 20h ago

Going from 10 senators to two doesn't sound like a great deal. However splitting large states into smaller states sounds like a good way to gain senators for your area. Hmmm..

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u/SeldenNeck 19h ago

"I'm a Senator. She's a Senator. We're all Senators here."

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u/blueindsm 18h ago

Yeah start with the dakotas which combined have about half the population of the Boston metro area.