Washington DC Statehood Poll and other polls
Washington DC Statehood Poll
20 members have voted
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1. DC already gets to vote in presidential elections like a state, it is more populous than two current states, it would virtually guarantee two African-American Democratic senators and a US Rep. Should DC be granted statehood?
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Yes, DC should be the 51st US State
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No, but DC should be annexed to Maryland, which would at least give them a real representation in Congress with a US Rep, but will removed the electoral votes.
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No, but DC should be annexed to Virginia, which would at least give them a real representation in Congress with a US Rep, but will removed the electoral votes. Doing this would also guarantee Virginia's blue state status for years.0
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No, DC is basically just a city (well, two cities merged into each other), and they don't deserve two Senators who will just pack the Senate for Democrats.
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Other *For Patine*
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2. On a similar note, should Puerto RIco, which would be the 31st largest state, be granted statehood? This would also result in two Democratic Senators and likely 4 Dem US Reps
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Yes, they have been US citizens for about 100 years and they have more people than 19 current US states.
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No, primarily because it stacks Congress for the Democrats
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No, primarily because their Culture is more Latin American than European-American0
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No, because we'd have to change the US Flag and add seats and tables to the congressional chambers.
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Other *For Patine*
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3. Should any of the following state creations or state reductions occur?
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California should be broken up into two or three states
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Texas should be broken up into three or more states
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North Dakota and South Dakota should merge
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Wyoming, Montana and Idaho should merge
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West Virginia should be restored to Virginia
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NYC should be its own state
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Long Island should be its own state
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Staten Island should be transferred from NYC to New Jersey
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East Connecticut should secede and join New York
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Maine should return to Massachusetts0
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Florida should be split into two states
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All states should be fragmented into their counties, creating thousands of states. (Congress would be held via the internet.)
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States should merge into about 7 Super States (Regions)0
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Abolish states. Mayors will be regulated by regional governors elected by the region but who have no real executive authority besides oversight and appointing delegates to Congress. US Senate is abolished. House delegates are appointed by regional governors. The number of delegates are determined by that region's % of national population, giving a standard of 100 delegates to Congress total at all times. Federal government overrides all local or regional laws at any time.0
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No changes.
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Other *For Patine*
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4. Who would you at least slightly prefer more as President?
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Trump
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Biden
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They are 100% equally great, mediocre, or terrible. It is impossible to choose one over the other based on evidence of their political history and rhetoric. *For Patine*
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5. How do you identify ideologically, whether you are Democrat, Republican, or Independent? Pick whichever closest fits you.
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Progressive (think Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, AOC)
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Liberal (think Biden, Obama, Pelosi, Hillary Clinton)
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Moderate Left (think Sinema, Manchin, Pres-era. Bill Clinton, VP-era Al Gore, Steve Bullock, Jim Webb)
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Moderate Right (Colin Powell, Trump-era John Kasich and Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman, Charlie Baker, Larry Hogan, late John McCain)
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Conservative (Marco Rubio, Mitch McConnell, John Thune)
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Traditionalist (Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Rand Paul, Dan Crenshaw, Mike Pence)
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Populist Nationalist (Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Kris Kobach, Steve King)0
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None of this remotely capture me ideologically, so there isn't a "closest that fits me." *For Patine*
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