Should South Dakota be divided into two different states?

[Gass3268]

I would support having East & West Dakota instead of North & South.

This.  The cultural divide in that part of the country is all E-W.  You might even want to split Nebraska and Kansas E-W instead of N-S, too

2012 results from East Dakota:

and West Dakota:

Don't have the %s, just a proof of concept.

This looks more profound in 2008 however.

[Gass3268]

I think it's fine to have states with divergent populations.

However, Puerto Rico should be a state, the pacific territories should be a state (though they'd be by far the smallest), and the non-governmental areas of DC should be merged into MD and VA.

No one in DC or MD/VA want this.