HELP For what political reason did southern slaveholders care whether new states were free or slave?

The reason can be attributed to the fact that if more states became free, then those states can easily overturn any southern legislation in government that aligned with their pro-slavery views and if more states became slave states, then the South would have a political advantage in the federal and state governments as this would mean more states would push for southern-aligned legislation.

Explanation:

i beleive a. is the only possible answer

disequilibrium means that either supply is greater than the demand for an available good, or that the demand for a product outstrips the available supply. it implies that the price for a is either too low creating large demand, or too high creating a large surplus of supply.