DC statehood opponents, what is the real reason for your opposition?

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I still prefer retroceding most of D.C. to Maryland--and while I appreciate that people in the other thread are being honest, #1 is not the "real" reason for my opposition. It would be ... inconsistent with some of my other positions if it were.

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I still prefer retroceding most of D.C. to Maryland--and while I appreciate that people in the other thread are being honest, #1 is not the "real" reason for my opposition. It would be ... inconsistent with some of my other positions if it were.

Does DC or Maryland want that though?

It's universally known that they don't, but I think focusing too much on public opinion is a bit ... misguided. The public has supported many questionable things throughout the history of this country, and while making D.C. the 51st state is not necessarily a bad thing, I don't trust the public opinion to be always correct.

Realistically though, retrocession is never going to happen; so I suppose D.C. statehood is ultimately better than no D.C. statehood.

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Voted for option 1 because I know the 4 Republicans who voted for option 2 are lying to themselves

Only 2 Republicans voted in the poll.

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Voted for option 1 because I know the 4 Republicans who voted for option 2 are lying to themselves

Only 2 Republicans voted in the poll.

By “Republican” I mean not only just blue avatars, but anyone who consistently votes for the Republican Party, so plenty of yellow, orange, green, and tan avatars in there too

The vast majority of light green and orange avatars on this site are liberals. And Libertarians on this site don't consistently vote for Republicans either.