They can have all the votes they want, Puerto Rico isn't becoming a State anytime soon. Congress would have to approve it (which isn't going to happen), and the President would have to sign off on it (which isn't going to happen). So their vote is purely symbolic.
They can have all the votes they want, Puerto Rico isn't becoming a State anytime soon. Congress would have to approve it (which isn't going to happen), and the President would have to sign off on it (which isn't going to happen). So their vote is purely symbolic.
It's pure politics. To your point, you can't just vote your way into becoming part of another country. It doesn't work like that.
"Part of another country"
To just which are they a part now?
I should have said specifically gaining statehood in the US. They are certainly an unincorporated territory of the US as of today.
Yep, you should have.