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Ehh Puerto Rico being 99% Non White probably doesnt help its case for statehood. There definitely is some WHite Republican Bias there.
Firstly, Puerto Ricans are predominantly white; white Hispanics if you will, though a fair amount are other races and of mixed race. That said, PRs most serious challenge to statehood is that it would likely upset the political balance in Washington as any PR state would be likely to send Democrats to Congress vice Republicans,
That said, PRs most serious challenge to statehood is that it would likely upset the political balance in Washington as any PR state would be likely to send Democrats to Congress vice Republicans,
That's exactly why the GOP is opposed to PR gaining statehood. Mitch McConnell said that as long as he controls the Senate, statehood will never happen.
I think it's ridiculous to deny statehood based on political affiliation.
That's exactly why the GOP is opposed to PR gaining statehood. Mitch McConnell said that as long as he controls the Senate, statehood will never happen.
I think it's ridiculous to deny statehood based on political affiliation.
While reasonable minds can disagree on that, do know that this is not unique to Mitch McConnell or the Republican Party. Texas can legally split into five separate states under the terms of its admission to the Union. You know there is no way in hell that Democrats would allow for such a split as it would upset the balance of power.
I'm on the side where I think politics does matter, especially once we start talking about a change in political power alignment that could threaten issues you care deeply about.
While reasonable minds can disagree on that, do know that this is not unique to Mitch McConnell or the Republican Party. Texas can legally split into five separate states under the terms of its admission to the Union. You know there is no way in hell that Democrats would allow for such a split as it would upset the balance of power.
I'm on the side where I think politics does matter, especially once we start talking about a change in political power alignment that could threaten issues you care deeply about.
We used to admit two states together to preserve the balance of power in a very divided era. We are that divided again. The problem is that the previous time period that we did that to preserve the balance of power was the era leading up to the civil war. The fact that we don’t want to admit PR because of the politics of it should scare everyone as it says something not so good about the state of this country.
We used to admit two states together to preserve the balance of power in a very divided era. We are that divided again. The problem is that the previous time period that we did that to preserve the balance of power was the era leading up to the civil war. The fact that we don’t want to admit PR because of the politics of it should scare everyone as it says something not so good about the state of this country.
I think that's a fair way of looking at things. But I argue that we've been politically divided (and very much so) for most of our country's history. And we've been admitting states in pairs/groups (within a year of each other) for the bulk of this country's history. And this goes beyond the Civil War. Heck, the most two recently admitted states (Alaska and Hawaii) were admitted at the same time in large part to preserve the political balance, and this was in 1959. Fun fact is that the original thought process was that Alaska would be a Dem state while Hawaii would be a Republican state. Of course, the opposite has occurred, though Democrats initially did govern Alaska and Republicans did initially govern Hawaii.
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