If the United States was to be partitioned in the same way India was, the partition would be based on

The 1947 partition of British India was primarily based on religious groupings: areas with Muslim majorities became Pakistan, while Hindu-majority areas remained in India. So, applying the same basis to the United States would mean partitioning it by religious groupings, not by economic class, caste, or occupation.

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