Three Californias? A Bizarro Deal for Republicans

 In Defying the Odds,  we have a discussion of California's role the 2016 campaign.

Tim Draper wants to split California into three states:  the Democratic Bay Area and Northern California, the Democratic Los Angeles area, and everything else.  For Republicans thinking that they might gain something in the Electoral College, think again.  Clinton would have carried all three states.  So instead of carrying one big state with 55 electoral votes, she would have carried three smaller states with a total of 59 electoral votes.

Clinton Trump San Diego 735,476 477,766 San Bernardino 340,833 271,240 Orange 609,961 507,148 Riverside 373,695 333,243 Mono 2,773 2,111 Madera 17,029 23,357 Inyo 3,155 4,248 Tulare 47,585 58,299 Fresno 141,341 124,049 Kings 13,617 18,093 Kern 98,689 129,584 Imperial 32,667 12,704 2,416,821 1,961,842 Los Angeles 2,464,364 769,743 Ventura 194,402 132,323 Santa Barbara 107,142 56,365 San Luis Obispo 67,107 56,164 Monterey 89,088 34,895 San Benito 12,521 7,841 2,934,624 1,057,331 Alameda 514,842 95,922 Alpine 334 217 Amador 6,004 10,485 Butte 41,567 45,144 Calaveras 7,944 13,511 Colusa 2,661 3,551 Contra Costa 319,287 115,956 Del Norte 3,485 5,134 El Dorado 36,404 49,247 Glenn 3,065 5,788 Humboldt 33,200 18,373 Lake 11,500 10,603 Lassen 2,224 7,574 Marin 108,707 21,771 Mariposa 3,122 5,185 Mendocino 22,079 10,888 Merced 37,317 28,725 Modoc 877 2,696 Napa 39,199 17,411 Nevada 26,053 23,365 Placer 73,509 95,138 Plumas 3,459 5,420 Sacramento 326,023 189,789 San Francisco 345,084 37,688 San Joaquin 121,124 88,936 San Mateo 237,882 57,929 Santa Clara 511,684 144,826 Santa Cruz 95,249 22,438 Shasta 22,301 51,778 Sierra 601 1,048 Siskiyou 7,234 11,341 Solano 102,360 51,920 Sonoma 160,435 51,408 Stanislaus 81,647 78,494 Sutter 13,076 18,176 Tehama 6,809 15,494 Trinity 2,214 2,812 Tuolumne 9,123 14,551 Yolo 54,752 20,739 Yuba 7,910 13,170 3,402,347 1,464,641