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The Great Republican Political Strategy of Insult Puerto Rico for Some Reason (lemmy.ml)
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[-] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Puerto Rican statehood is more complicated than that. Becoming a state is a contentious issue even amongst Puerto Ricans.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago

Is it?

I had friends there for a long time, they all basically either wanted the US out or had it be a US state, anything but this in between nothing that they're in now

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yes it is. There is another referendum on statehood this year, but in 2020, the vote was only marginally higher in favor of it than against.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Puerto_Rican_status_referendum

[-] don@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

A 2019 Gallup poll found 83% of Democrats in the US, but only 35% of Republicans, supported Puerto Rican statehood. A 2020 survey by International Policy Digest found that "The majority of Democrats showed support for statehood for both D.C. (61.8%) and Puerto Rico (69.7%)" while among Republicans, only 26.7% supported D.C. statehood and 34.8% supported Puerto Rican statehood.

That speaks volumes.

this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2024
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