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emblem-man posted...

Is there any current push for statehood happening these days?

It'll never happen. The pro statehood party mainly uses statehood as a gimmick to garner votes, but tends to sabotage some more real efforts. Like others have said, it could be over to avoid more federal oversight since its the most corrupt territory of the US. Seriously, the FBI has done a decent amount of arrests over the last few years.

NOW...even if all of the island joined in favor of statehood, it would also never happen. Theres no real interest from congress. Republicans would never allow it, they think its overwhelmingly democrat when the truth is that its very conservative. And democrats...even if some would vote in favor, they still answer to big interests who benefit from PR staying like it is.

And if the US had wanted to be a state, it wouldve happened by now. And to answer your original question, there isnt any big push right now. Maybe another vote on it when elections come next year.