Don’t Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Marianas, and US Virgins have presidential primaries? Is this part of a push to make Samoa a state? Note that I am of an imperialistic bend and think that would be wicked cool. Can we make the others states, too?
[Aside] My brother used to be the Attorney General of the Northern Marianas (a big $25k/year) and thinks they want a split statehood with the U.S. and Japan. And that manufacturers don’t like statehood because they can put on a made in the USA label while avoiding paying minimum wage. [/Aside]
I think it’s because the territories are impacted by presidential decisions (see Hurricane Maria) so it’s only right they have a voice, minor as it may be, in the nomination process.
Nonstarter. The flag would need to be redesigned and that would mean changing a pattern that has stood since Jesus won his first dinosaur rodeo. Adding a state = hating America.
Reporting on current news stories pretty much isn’t a major push for anything, let alone statehood. Who would be making this push for statehood and how would reporting on the Super Tuesday voting be a part of that?
Residents of American Samoa are nationals but not actually citizens of the United States, although this is in the courts currently. Statehood is a long way off.
Wyoming, the least populous state, has about 579,000 people. American Samoa has a population of fewer than 56,000 (less than one tenth of Wyoming), but as a state would still get a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and two Senators.
Besides me? Maybe others, but I’m most concerned with what I think. But maybe not selective enough about reporting whatever idiotic idea I come up with at 3am.