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Puerto Ricans Vote for Statehood

A solid majority of Puerto Ricans have voted to end the island’s 114-year old relationship as a territory of the United States and become the nation’s 51st state.  When asked whether Puerto Rico should “continue to have its present form of territorial status,”  54% of all voters (934,238 people) answered “no” while only 46% (796,007) responded “yes.” Read More »Puerto Ricans Vote for Statehood

New Poll Shows Momentum For Fortuno and Statehood: Both Lead By More Than 5%

new poll shows that incumbent Governor Luis Fortuno has taken the lead in the gubinatorial race with 47.2% of the vote.  Challenger and Popular Democratic Party (PDP) member Garcia Padilla followed in second place with 41.5%, Independence candidate Commissioner Juan Dalmau Ramírez had 4% of the vote, and the three remaining candidates received 7.3%. The poll was conducted from October 19, 2012 to October 22, 2012.Read More »New Poll Shows Momentum For Fortuno and Statehood: Both Lead By More Than 5%

University of Puerto Rico’s Mock Election Shows Desire to Change Territorial Status

The University of Puerto Rico’s  Rio Piedras  campus held a mock election using the ballots for next month’s vote on Puerto Rico’s status. Seven hundred and fifty seven students from all majors and departments took part, comprising about 5% of the total student population:

The first question – “Do you agree with maintaining the current territorial political status?”-  returned a clear answer:  29.7%  voted for the status quo, and 69.3% wanted a change.Read More »University of Puerto Rico’s Mock Election Shows Desire to Change Territorial Status