Fantastic. Just what we need, 10 new leftist Democrat Senators. I much prefer if Puerto Rico is given independence, if they like it or not.
If I recall Guam, Samoa, and maybe the VI all tend in the more conservative direction. Most of Guam’s population being driven by our base there. At the worst I’d see a -2 if all 5 came onboard and there’s a signficant potential with some of them that it could end up +2.
Besides - they are already citizen’s - so even if the decision were to not become a state then there will be a cutoff that everyone wanting to remain a citizen will be able to leave by and keep their citizenship by establishing residence in another state.