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Puerto Rico voted overwhelmingly for statehood in 2017, with 97.18% of those voting choosing statehood.
by waterphone 9y ago
Puerto Rico voted overwhelmingly for statehood in 2017, with 97.18% of those voting choosing statehood.
- YaxelPerez 9y agoPeople opposed to statehood boycotted the referendum, leading to a 23% voter turnout rate (one that usually hovers around 80%). That figure isn't really representative of the will of the Puerto Rican people.
- tptacek 9y agoAnd really, how could it be? In real votes you can't get 97.18% of voters to agree that water is wet.
- s-phi-nl 9y agoPoint taken, although there, of course, is at least one exception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_referendum,_2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_r...