Puerto Rico statehood referendum 2020

[ibagli]

Reapportionment's gonna be wild if this happens. A lot of states are going to be annoyed at losing/not gaining as many seats as they hoped for.

I mean, Texas isn't going to mind getting 38 rather than 39, but Montana will definitely mind getting 1 rather than 2.

Reapportionment should happen before PR is added. At the very least I expect Democrats to moderately expand the house size by a bit to not piss of any state/delegation.

That's already what the current iteration of the DC admission legislation has (permanent expansion to 436 seats). The one introduced in the last Congress would have reduced it back to 435, so I assume they figured out it would ruffle some feathers if they didn't add a seat.

[ibagli]

What chances does it have in, say, a 51-49 or 52-48 GOP Senate?  Would Rubio and Scott go as far as to ally with Democrats on the procedural votes needed to shove McConnell out of the way and admit PR? (Or maybe the Democratic flop with Hispanic voters will convince Republicans they've got a shot?)

It doesn't seem like there's much of a boycott this time. 95% of gubernatorial voters are voting in the statehood referendum.