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Playing the thought experiment: If you truly annex Canada and those 40m people have voting rights, I don’t see a bright future for the Republican Party. Given p

Playing the thought experiment: If you truly annex Canada and those 40m people have voting rights, I don’t see a bright future for the Republican Party. Given proportional representation, they’ll have a voting bloc bigger than California and their politics do not align with the current state of the republicans.

philipov 2y ago
Trump wants to be a king. No one is getting voting rights if he isn't stopped.
amyames 2y ago
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nic547 2y ago
Would Canada get voting rights? I would assume that Canada (or any other aquisition) would get a status like the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico to prevent a political shift in the US.
bediger4000 2y ago
Trump has always said "51st state", so all Canadian provinces would have a few Representatives and 2 senators. The number of electoral votes is sacred, as is the number of senators and representatives. Adding Canada as 1 state wouldn't really change national politics. Yes, I'm glossing over Quebec.
- ipython 2y ago
  The total number of electoral votes isn't fixed, and in fact has changed dramatically over the years. Additionally, the number of electors (electoral votes) per state is determined by the Census. "A state's number of electors equals the number of representatives plus two electors for the senators the state has in the United States Congress." You can see a table of the number of electors per state, and how that changed over time, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College#Chronological_table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_Colleg....
  - bediger4000 2y ago
    The number of electors has been effectively fixed since 1927. It's unlikely to change in this highly polarized environment. Any increase in electors would reduce Republican power. If Canada comes in as the 51st (singular!) state all that would happen is New York California, Illinois, Texas and Florida would all get fewer electors (House seats).
- mcphage 2y ago
  > The number of electoral votes is sacred Given to us by Jesus himself.

philipov 2y ago

Trump wants to be a king. No one is getting voting rights if he isn't stopped.

amyames 2y ago

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nic547 2y ago

Would Canada get voting rights? I would assume that Canada (or any other aquisition) would get a status like the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico to prevent a political shift in the US.

bediger4000 2y ago

Trump has always said "51st state", so all Canadian provinces would have a few Representatives and 2 senators. The number of electoral votes is sacred, as is the number of senators and representatives. Adding Canada as 1 state wouldn't really change national politics. Yes, I'm glossing over Quebec.

ipython 2y ago
The total number of electoral votes isn't fixed, and in fact has changed dramatically over the years. Additionally, the number of electors (electoral votes) per state is determined by the Census. "A state's number of electors equals the number of representatives plus two electors for the senators the state has in the United States Congress." You can see a table of the number of electors per state, and how that changed over time, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College#Chronological_table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_Colleg....
- bediger4000 2y ago
  The number of electors has been effectively fixed since 1927. It's unlikely to change in this highly polarized environment. Any increase in electors would reduce Republican power. If Canada comes in as the 51st (singular!) state all that would happen is New York California, Illinois, Texas and Florida would all get fewer electors (House seats).
mcphage 2y ago
> The number of electoral votes is sacred Given to us by Jesus himself.