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Trump says he’s seriously considering making Venezuela the 51st US state
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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That is a wildly unreasonable backup plan. Texas isn't gonna agree to split. California isn't gonna agree to split. Like the only state that might consider it is...Alaska? I don't know. I don't think yoconsidering what a massive undertaking that is.
It'd be easier to replace FPTP with something else. But if even that is too hard, the simplest solution is to just get rid of the electoral college. The popular vote is unaffected by state size and without the electoral college, "swing states" don't exist so campaigns would become more distributed across the country
FPTP primaries can be implemented in most places without any need to win elections or hold seats first. Of course though the Democrats aren't doing this already because then every one of their geriatric do nothings in blue areas would be replaced by mamdani-esque candidates.
Split, no, secede, yes. NCR here we come!
Also the constitution explicitly says you can't split off a state from a state without the parent state's consent.