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Originally Posted by GeorgiaGreek
It was my understanding that nobody was making a big deal about the Puerto Rico thing because 1. So many voters didn't even select any option on the question 2. The incumbent mayor who was pro-statehood was not reelected in favor of another mayor who is not as big on the statehood issue.
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I hadn't heard/read that about those not selecting an option. But I think you mean governor rather than mayor.
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There was also something about Texas and California losing representation (I am bad with politics but I try; I think it was in the House of Reps but there might have been something about the electoral college too) if PR became a state, so other states might not be so gung-ho about it
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That's only because Congress has set the membership of the House at 435. Congress can change that, as they did when Alaska and Hawaii were admitted. (But then they changed it back after the 1960 Census.)
As for the Electoral College, the number of electors each state gets is the total number of members they have in Congress (2 senators + ___ representatives) so that also turns on the 435 representatives number set by Congress.