Kind of? But Puerto Rico has yet to demonstrate it wants statehood. Also, I’m a little uncomfortable with the idea of blatant saying our nation accepts states based on partisan politics.
Puerto Rico has had two referendums in the past decade, both with statehood winning. Also we've always accepted states based on partisan politics. As stated by others, HI and AK were given statehood because it was expected Alaska would vote D, Hawaii R (while the reverse ended up being true). Dakota Territory was in two split by Republicans in 1889 explicitly because of politics after they won majorities in the 1888 elections.
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