US divided by time zones

[justfollowingtheelections]

I never liked how states can vote at different times with some states still voting while others have already been called.  So I thought what if the country was divided by time zones as seen in the map below?


What would be the ideology of the two main political parties in each of the 6 time zones/new countries and who the political leaders?  Also, what would be the capital of each country?

[justfollowingtheelections]

I was thinking that the East could keep D.C. as it's capital.

[justfollowingtheelections]

I was thinking that the East could keep D.C. as it's capital.

Are these time zones different states in the US or are they separate countries?

In my scenario, I guess the question was how would the time zones vote if they were separate countries (so that the entire country can vote at the same time).  But you can explore different scenarios if you like.

[justfollowingtheelections]

Another thing I wanted to mention is that politicians can only run for president in the "country"/time zone where they were born.  And lets assume that all countries had a two-party system and that there are no term limits.
Some of the prominent politicians in each country:

East
D: Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden
R: Donald Trump, Mike Pence, John Kasich, Marco Rubio

Central
D: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren
R: Paul Ryan

Mountain
D: ?
R: ?

Pacific
D: Jerry Brown, Kamala Harris
R: ?

Hawaii
D: Barack Obama


Of course it's possible that the parties in each "country" have a very different ideology than the Democratic and Republican party we know.