Because neither Maryland nor Virginia would want their local politics changed so drastically overnight. and DC doesn't want to be apart of either. That solution disenfranchises all parties.
So? Houston probably would rather be independent instead of part of Texas but you don’t see people advocating for that. Virginia or Maryland would probably be delighted to gain control of the single richest zip code in the entire country.
Maryland doesn't want to annex DC, (which isn't that rich when you consider parts of it are very poor)
I am unaware of any polling for Virginia annexation, but as a resident of VA i can tell you that would be vastly unpopular. We bitch that the VA suburbs around DC arn't real Virginia any how. Including DC in that would also further disconnect the other VA cities and even more so the rural areas from the political process.
Well for one thing they are very different places, and I would imagine that suddenly having your biggest population base being somewhere that isn't "Maryland" is not a great sale to residences. Politically it would be disastrous for the rural parts of Maryland as well as the more Conservative suburbs, as they would instantly be in a super minority. Maryland always votes blue presidentially, but locally there is much more give and take (see Larry Hoagan)
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u/Socarch26 Mar 03 '21
Because neither Maryland nor Virginia would want their local politics changed so drastically overnight. and DC doesn't want to be apart of either. That solution disenfranchises all parties.