03-11-2021, 05:05 PM
(03-11-2021, 11:53 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Absorption is easily the simplest solution (D.C. could even maintain autonomy from the state government in some ways) and would give the area more HoR seats as well. Of course we know the Dems will push for statehood because representation is not their real concern, expanding their power is.
There is nothing "more simple" about Maryland absorbing DC than making DC a new state to itself.
Absorption would be opposed by citizens of Maryland who see the value of their votes being diminished.
And if you have to reapportion the entire House of Representatives to take into account the Marylands absorption of DC then that is no more simple than just creating an entire new state.
Here is what it all boils down to. Currently about three quarters of a million voters don't count. Republicans want to give them a right to vote without really giving any new power to their number of votes. And the only reason they want to do it that way is because it benefits them.
