Historically that's how it has worked in the US. States were usually admitted in a way that they balance each other. Hawaii and Alaska were admitted close to each other because at the time Hawaii was Republican and Alaska was Democrat. In the 19th century states were admitted in a way to balance slave and free states.
madogvelkor on February 7th, 2020 at 19:31 UTC »
Historically that's how it has worked in the US. States were usually admitted in a way that they balance each other. Hawaii and Alaska were admitted close to each other because at the time Hawaii was Republican and Alaska was Democrat. In the 19th century states were admitted in a way to balance slave and free states.
Dances_with_cow on February 7th, 2020 at 19:39 UTC »
Does anyone have the source to this? I tried to google it and came up empty handed.
OCJeriko on February 7th, 2020 at 21:01 UTC »
We should make DC, Puerto Rico, and Guam into states. That gives us 53, and we would thus be indivisible.