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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Puerto Rico and DC statehood would help if they could make it happen
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I think Puerto Rico would probably skew towards Republicans over time, Latin America is just a very socially conservative place compared to North America.
The problem is really more around Branding, Honesty, Education, Willingness to act in Good faith.
In an ideal world the real solution would to address the powers of the Senate. I think its fair to have a body where the states big and small can interact as equals, but it can't be used as a tool of obstruction. In my mind the Senate should require a supermajority to overturn anything the house does. But that a constitutional problem, anything stronger you probably risk getting into Canadian territory where the Senate is not effective enough. But I also think 2 year terms are way too short for Congress people, it's probably part of the reason the US campaign cycle never ends, they only get about 4 months to do their job before they have to turn back to getting re-elected.