Matt Beat
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D.C. and Puerto Rico Compared
🕑 Added 2022-08-01 16:14:22 +0000 UTCThis was a collaboration with my friend Will from the channel Exploring History. He also wrote much of the script for the video. Not only that, a Patreon supporter, Adam Christians, provided some of the animations for this one. All this wonderful teamwork led to a video I am quite proud of, and hopefully one or both of these are states in the near future.
Also, I have decided to compare the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan. :)
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Comments
Naterade
**(Several states of that size)** than DC (two senators and 1 house rep) the very place in which the federal government conducts business in.
Naterade
Yeah, ironically if both Puerto Rico and DC were granted statehood, Puerto Rico would have more political influence given their size (2 senators and probably 6 house reps because it’s comparable to segaal
Mr. Beat
Puerto Rico would almost certainly have to be brought in with DC to attempt to balance it out politically
Naterade
I hope one day both of these places achieve statehood. DC statehood has a stronger case for statehood than Puerto Rico given the tax situation in my opinion. it’s a crime that they have no voting representative in congress. Although, given the ever increasing political polarization in the US,I don’t know if this will happen anytime soon.
Mr. Beat
Two GREAT suggestions
Jesse Bakken
Awesome as always. I even have a couple more ideas that involve territories; 1) Guam and Northern Mariana Islands Compared, and maybe 2) U.S. Virgin Islands and British Virgin Islands Compared.
Adam Christians
Good start to my morning!
