America needs to add Washington DC and Puerto Rico as states

[Galraedia]

It's time to get rid of the unfair advantage the senate gives less populated red states and add Washington DC and Puerto Rico as states. Seriously, there is a reason why the founding fathers divided the more densely populated areas of the United States into smaller states. Adding 2 more states would give democrats and America 4 more senators and those 2 states the equal representation they've been denied.

[texasfiddler]

1. I totally agree. This should be done before

Anything is done with the Supreme Court. However, first thing is first. We must win the whitehouse and senate period.

[Squinch]

2. And consolidate the two Dakotas into one state. Between them they have 1.6 million people

represented by 4 Senators. NY has 20 million people represented by 2 Senators.

[badhair77]

4. Excellent idea.

[sarisataka]

9. How do you get the Dakotas

to agree to uniting them?

[AllaN01Bear]

3. what about u.s virgin islands as well.

[nattyice]

5. Guam, too

[Tribetime]

6. And Greenland too...if drumph bought it yet

[TreasonousBastard]

7. PR has had a number of votes for statehood, and the last one had around 60% voting for it...

But, then it's up to Congress,which has done nothing so far. Another vote coming this November.

Dunno about US VI, although the western ones are part of Puerto Rico, so would come with it. The others don't seem interested.

Guam, Northern Marianas, American Samoa-- get real.

[Celerity]

8. Also, split California into 2 states, NoCal and SoCal. I am open to taking all the remaining (after

PR is made a state) territories, etc, (there are 18 more, after PR, en toto) and combining all of them together, and making them collectively a state as well.

Yields 10 new Dem Senators from 5 new states, DC, PR, NoCal, SoCal, Islandia.

American Samoa
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands
Baker Island
Howland Island
Jarvis Island
Johnston Atoll
Kingman Reef
Midway Atoll
Navassa Island
Palmyra Atoll
Wake Island
Bajo Nuevo Bank
Serranilla Bank

Offer it to these 3

Freely associated states

Three sovereign UN member states which were all formerly in the U.S. administered United Nations Trust Territory and are currently in free association with the U.S. The U.S. provides national defence, funding, and access to social services.

Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of
Palau

[sarisataka]

10. Has there ever been a poll or survey

to determine if Californians are interested in splitting their state?

[Celerity]

11. no idea, CA is my state of US residence, so right now the poll's 1 nil, 100% in favour of splitting