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Background. In the 2020 Puerto Rican status referendum the option to pursue statehood won the referendum 52.52%–47.48%. [1] In 2022, the United States House of Representatives passed the Puerto Rico Status Act. [2]
11 paź 2024 · In a non-binding plebiscite, they will choose among three options that would result in a new, non-colonial status for Puerto Rico: statehood, independence, or free association under...
The New Progressive Party (PNP), of whom Vázquez is a member, supports statehood, while the opposition Popular Democratic Party (PDP) and Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) oppose it. The referendum was non-binding, as the power to grant statehood lies with the US Congress.
4 dni temu · Known as “plenary power,” it includes the power to modify or withdraw Puerto Rico’s self-government. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was still a colony, albeit one with a fancy name. Over the past 50 years, Puerto Ricans have held six votes on status. The first, in 1967, yielded a victory for an “enhanced” version of the commonwealth ...
There were 655,505 votes in favor of statehood (52.52%) and 592,671 votes opposed (47.48%), with a turnout of 1,248,476 voters out of the total population stated by census Population Estimates of 3,221,789 as of July 1, 2022. [29] . The 55% turnout rate equaled that for the simultaneous 2020 gubernatorial race and the 2016 gubernatorial race.
November 2020 elections in Puerto Rico. K e y F i n d i n g s Our results are in line with historical results from previous referendums, with a plurality of voters preferring Statehood. Colonial alternatives form the second largest block, followed by a growing independence/sovereignty movement.
As Hispanics are poised to become the largest minority voting bloc in American elections, we explore the Puerto Rican vote in an unlikely spot: the Rust Belt town of Lorain, Ohio. Sanchez, 45,...
