Puerto Rico to become 51st US state

[culloty82]

Looks today will be historic for more reasons than one, as Puerto Rico (http://resultados.puertoricodecide.com/2012/elecciones-generales/) votes to join the Union:

Commonwealth status: 404,945 (33.1%)
Independence: 66,761 (5.5%)
Statehood: 751,264 (61.4%)

[pineapple stu]

New flag!

http://www.loeser.us/flags/images/protest/51_star_flag.png

[BonnieShels]

It's not so straightforward. It was a non-binding referendum which gave 2 questions so there was not a very clear-cut answer.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/11/07/puerto-rico-approves-statehood/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rican_status_referendum,_2012

[osarusan]

Seemingly, a big issue is how a potential new bloc of voters (apparently primarily Democrat-leaning, at least initially) will be viewed by Republican congressional lawmakers.

[sbsbsbsb]

Could we have gotten to the point where the most developed countries don't want to expand anymore?!!

[peadar1987]

Could we have gotten to the point where the most developed countries don't want to expand anymore?!!

I doubt it. The US still wants to expand its influence, power and control. It just doesn't want more full citizens with rights, demands and votes.