D.C. Statehood: Popular as Dirt

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A Washington Post poll finds that by a margin of 58% to 22% Americans do not want to grant statehood to the District of Columbia. The problem, it seems to me, is the emphasis on statehood instead of representation. The question asked was, “Do you favor or oppose making Washington, D.C., a separate state?” If the question had been, “Do you favor or oppose citizens of Washington, D.C., having representation in Congress?” the results might have been different. As I’ve argued before, there are other ways to achieve representation without statehood. My favorite is to limit the District of Columbia to the Mall (and include the Capitol, the Supreme Court, and the White House), and give everything else back to Maryland. I’m not sure they’d want us, though.

Mar 24, 2006 | Comments

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