Soouth Florida to become its own state?

[justfollowingtheelections]

I'm not sure if this has been discussed yet, but apparently the city of Miami passed a resolution that favors the secession of South Florida.  According to the Miami mayor:

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[justfollowingtheelections]

What would be the trickle down effect on electoral votes if two additional votes had to be assigned to the floridas? (2? 5...no 3!?)

It would be two more electoral votes.  According to the article S. Florida has about 2/3rds of Florida's population so I think we can get an idea of which counties would be included in the new state.

[justfollowingtheelections]

More articles on the story:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/10/23/south_florida_as_51st_state_the_city_of_south_miami_votes_to_break_away.html
http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/south-florida-wants-to-be-the-51st-state-because-of-climate-change-worries-20141023
http://www.weather.com/news/science/environment/south-florida-split-north-florida-20141023
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/gone-viral/os-state-of-south-florida-20141021-post.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/10/22/florida-51st-state-south-florida/17705687/

It sounds like S. Florida actually has a good case here since global warming is already having an effect on the southern part of Florida but not the rest of the state.
By the way, this would be the new map:


Also, this is the full proposal for anyone who wants to read it: 
http://media.trb.com/media/acrobat/2014-10/23897709058920-21094223.pdf

[justfollowingtheelections]

Since the purpose of this proposal is to create a state that would be in the best position to deal with global warming, rising sea levels and hurricanes, I think this would be the best way to divide the state: