Not only NO, but hell NO !!

By a narrow margin, more voters think Puerto Rico should become a state than think it should stay a territory.

According to the latest Fox News Poll, 41 percent say Puerto Rico should become the 51st star on the flag. That’s an 11-point increase since the last time the question was asked in June 2007, when 30 percent opted for statehood.

Some 37 percent think the island should continue as a territory, down 9 points from June 2007 (46 percent). Nine percent think Puerto Rico should declare independence.

Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory for nearly 120 years. Residents of the island are officially U.S. citizens, but cannot vote for president and do not pay federal income taxes. Recent elections on the island have resulted in wins for pro-statehood advocates, but have been boycotted by those who prefer the status quo.

The poll shows support for statehood is 16 points higher among Democrats (48 percent) than Republicans (32 percent). Hispanics prefer statehood over the current territorial status by 48 to 37 percent.

The increase in support for statehood comes as Puerto Rico struggles to recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria. The category 4 storm hit September 20, destroying homes and critical infrastructure.

President Trump visited Puerto Rico October 3, and last week graded his administration’s response to the storm a 10 out of 10. But the poll finds voters are more skeptical: just 32 percent rate the administration’s response to the hurricane in Puerto Rico as “excellent” or “good.” Twice as many, 64 percent, say the response was “only fair” or “poor.”

The administration receives substantially better ratings for its response to hurricanes in Florida (49 percent “excellent” or “good”) and Houston (52 percent).


http://www.foxnews.com/politic...s-in-wake-maria.html

So what? This poll is irrelevant because the citizens of Puerto Rico are the ones who vote on whether they persue Statehood, not the people who answered the poll.

I'd take PR if we could dump California. Let Cali become El Stateo de Mexico

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Originally posted by GA Gator:
I'd take PR if we could dump California. Let Cali become El Stateo de Mexico

How would that be better? I'd bet PR is every bit as screwed up politically as California.

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Originally posted by synthplayer:

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Originally posted by GA Gator:
I'd take PR if we could dump California. Let Cali become El Stateo de Mexico

How would that be better? I'd bet PR is every bit as screwed up politically as California.

In many respect, the are, But not in every respect.
They suck the Teat very very well, though.

Who did they poll?

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Originally posted by GA Gator:
I'd take PR if we could dump California. Let Cali become El Stateo de Mexico

I'd go for that, at least we would have fewer Democratic electoral votes.

nope

not interested in PR being a state

why oh why would we ever want to assume their debt and what do they bring to the table that will be of benefit to the entire US?

Cut them loose!
They need independence... not statehood.

They need to get their act together before they can really say.

If Puerto Rico becomes a state expect that 100% of the population will immediately become welfare eligible. As the government finds more and more ways to fund the non-productive, at some point the productive tax contributing citizen will become a minority.

Update: I exaggerated. A little googling revealed that the average annual income of Puerto Rico is about $19K per year. Only 45% of the population is currently earning below the poverty line. As of 2015 the population of Puerto Rico was 3.54M. That means only 1.56M residents currently classify as poor (by US gov't definition).

Then Guam will want in.

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do not pay federal income taxes.

And it seems unlikely they would pay more than they took were they to be granted statehood.

Don't forget DC and the Virgin Islands. Everyone gets to be a state and elect two Democrap senators.

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Originally posted by Fenris:
Don't forget DC and the Virgin Islands. Everyone gets to be a state and elect two Democrap senators.

This is the biggest worry. Given that 45% of the population is impoverished, and that the average annual income is barely above the poverty line, the state will go Democrat. Likely remain so forever.

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Originally posted by Poacher:
Then Guam will want in.

...and, Saipan, American Samoa, Virgin Islands

just imagine how many flags we will have to destroy, how many new ones to make, how many shoulder badges and others...PR just isn't worth the trouble

So does that mean we'd be up to 57 states?

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Originally posted by corsair:

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Originally posted by Poacher:
Then Guam will want in.

...and, Saipan, American Samoa, Virgin Islands

Some Puerto Rican separatists once tried to kill Harry Truman. And damn near did. I wonder how many actually do want statehood as opposed to full independence.

This was a phone poll of registered voters made from Oct. 22 - 24. I doubt they were calling Puerto Rican phone numbers this week.