Can Anons explain '56 states'. please?
Followed the link that Q dropped.
https://www.cisa.gov/safecom/NCSWIC
ABOUT NCSWIC DOCUMENTS
https://www.cisa.gov/publication/about-ncswic-documents
NCSWIC Fact Sheet- 2020
https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/NCSWIC%20Fact%20Sheet_FINAL.pdf
The graphic posted in previous is what it is, Anon. Pleasantries.
Filter as you see fit, Anon, but threatening to do so is without value here.
There are 52 states, yes? And 14 territories, yes? So the repeated phrase seems to be misinformation.
If it was meant to read as 52 states and 4 territories, then, why drop the other territories?
If it was meant to read as 56 states - 4 more than actual - plus 14 territories, then, it would still be wrong.
Can Anons please explain?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States
In addition to the 50 states and federal district, the United States has sovereignty over 14 territories. Five of them (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) have a permanent, nonmilitary population, while nine of them do not. With the exception of Navassa Island, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which are located in the Caribbean, all territories are located in the Pacific Ocean. One territory, Palmyra Atoll, is considered to be incorporated, meaning the full body of the Constitution has been applied to it; the other territories are unincorporated, meaning the Constitution does not fully apply to them. Ten territories (the Minor Outlying Islands and American Samoa) are considered to be unorganized, meaning they have not had an Organic Act enacted by Congress; the four other territories are organized, meaning they have had an Organic Act that has been enacted by Congress. The five inhabited territories each have limited autonomy and a non-voting delegate in Congress, in addition to having territorial legislatures and governors, but residents cannot vote in federal elections.
Fren, your list does not add up to 56 states and territories. Your list adds up to 50 states plus 5 territories - plus the non-state and non-territory known as DC. As you noted, it is not a territory.
Here is a possibility. VOTERS. However this does not add up to 56. For example, "The five inhabited territories each have limited autonomy and a non-voting delegate in Congress, in addition to having territorial legislatures and governors, but residents cannot vote in federal elections." = 55
Another example, "Five of them (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) have a permanent, nonmilitary population". = 55
And, nine of the 14 territories do not "have a permanent, nonmilitary population". = 59
Carribean territories =3; adds up to 53.
Pacific Ocean territories = 11; adds up to 61.
Include DC as a territory based on what criteria, Anons? Related to voting, maybe?
Seems to me that a US citizen visiting any of these jurisdictions during election season would be eligible to vote if actually a resident within a state. There is something in this count of 56…
Arrogance does not flatter you, Anon. Calm yourself as this is not a fist fight. You have not been attacked. You need not lash out like that.
But do recount.
DC is not counted as a territory nor as a state in any sauce you have provided so far.
So, the 56 states and territories do not include DC. Unless you wish to correct the sauce you provided.
Or you could calm down and recount.
https://www.thoughtco.com/geography-territories-united-states-4165527
You agree with me that DC is neither a state nor a territory.
It does not make the list of 56 states and territories. By your own reckoning, Anon.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-territories-of-the-united-states.html