California

Three states by A Smarter Divide

Make a new state
By A Smarter Divide in San Jose

Decentralizes the current imbalance of the Representatives in the State Senate who vote for regional issues who vote for legislation that unevenly applies new laws in the whole state in which the issues are not a problem in the other regions. IE 2/3rds of CA Pop lives in South CA alone.

Demographics

Population Estimated
median income		 Voter registration Race/Ethnicity
California
statewide		 37,325,068 $61,400
Democrats 43.4%
Republicans 28.4%
Other 28.2%
Asian 13.4%
Black 5.8%
Latino 37.6%
White 40.1%
Other 3.2%
Sacramento (Middle CA) 13,651,928 $65,901
Democrats 46.1%
Republicans 26.0%
Other 28.0%
Asian 16.9%
Black 5.6%
Latino 29.7%
White 44.1%
Other 3.8%
South California 22,725,524 $60,001
Democrats 42.2%
Republicans 29.6%
Other 28.2%
Asian 11.7%
Black 6.1%
Latino 43.2%
White 36.3%
Other 2.7%
North California 947,616 $42,440
Democrats 33.8%
Republicans 35.8%
Other 30.4%
Asian 2.7%
Black 1.5%
Latino 15.4%
White 74.5%
Other 6.0%

Sources: 2012 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, California Secretary of State.

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