So here is what I don’t get. Why doesn’t every red county just secede and become a new state? There are so many more red counties than blue counties, and that’s even in the clown world where Biden “won” four hundred something counties in November. Each state is guaranteed two senators and one house representative, and is guaranteed three electoral votes for president. We’d be literally unbeatable.
The Congress votes to admit new states and territories. So joining another state is probably the only way to get around them saying no to a new state.
"New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned"
So here is what I don’t get. Why doesn’t every red county just secede and become a new state? There are so many more red counties than blue counties, and that’s even in the clown world where Biden “won” four hundred something counties in November. Each state is guaranteed two senators and one house representative, and is guaranteed three electoral votes for president. We’d be literally unbeatable.
The Congress votes to admit new states and territories. So joining another state is probably the only way to get around them saying no to a new state.
"New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned"