"And the population of Puerto Rico is bigger than 6 of these states COMBINED." PR needs statehood.

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10. Correct: People of PR do NOT have a consensus for statehood. STILL.

Yes, a small majority of those who voted last fall voted yes, but turnout was low with statehood partisans overrepresented.

This'd be the SIXTH referendum on statehood.
* The 1967 referendum rejected statehood.
* 2017's non-binding 2017 referendum was in favor of statehood, but had only a 23% turnout, with statehood partisans over-represented in that 23%.
* FOUR other referendums didn't produce clear majorities for statehood, like 2020's.
* Many Puerto Ricans do NOT want it, some very strongly opposed. Including those who support PR's very long independence movement since colonial days and still very much alive in spite of repression.

Respect for democracy and for the will of the people of Puerto Rico is in order.

For those who insist mainlanders should somehow impose statehood on people who don't choose it for themselves, what the hell? You're watching trumpists determined to impose a new RW authoritarian government on our whole nation. How's the contempt for what others want so different? And of course the real driver behind it is not caring about what PR wants but imagining that it would grow the mainland's left wing power.