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It seems on many forums that many people (particularly Democrats) are drawing to the conclusion that the Republican Party would try to block statehood for Puerto Rico. However, the official 2012 Republican platform explicitly states that they support statehood for Puerto Rico. The Democratic platform does not explicitly mention support for statehood.
So, why is there this general assumption by many people? I presume it is because the Democrats would gain electoral votes, however, due to the fixed limit of 435 seats in the House of Representatives as stated in the U.S. Constitution, some states will have to lose representatives, and most likely the major blue states will probably be the most affected, thus only giving Democrats a net gain of only 2 electoral votes. I highly doubt the Republican Party would by lying in its official platform.
Every president since Ronald Reagan has endorsed statehood for PR. But that won't happen without a supermajority of voters accepting that status and US Congress approval.
This argument has been going on for over a century and we still don't seem to get it. Both political parties back statehood ( Republicans " appear" to more so ) but it all comes down to contributions. Once the money is given statehood is forgotten until the next round.
Americans have figured out a long time ago how to loosen up the pocket books of the Fonalledas ( owners of Plaza) and other high contributers to the party's coffers, but when its time to get serious about their commitment, Americans say " surely we back statehood but it's not the right time yet, NEXT.
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