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The 2020 referendum - less than 6 months ago - was pretty clearly aligned with statehood [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Puerto_Rican_status_referen
by anonu 6y ago
The 2020 referendum - less than 6 months ago - was pretty clearly aligned with statehood [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Puerto_Rican_status_referendum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Puerto_Rican_status_refer...
- Alupis 6y agoArticle points out that referendum had less than a 25% turnout.
- anonu 6y agoThat was 2017 - 2020 had more than 50%
- throw_away 6y agoThe last 3 out of 6 total (every one since 2012) have had > 50% of the votes for statehood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_political_status_plebiscites#Table_summary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_political_status_p.... A fourth, in 1998, lost by only a couple percentage points to a 'none of the above' option.
- rovr138 6y ago> had > 50% of the votes for statehood And how many people voted? Compare the people that voted on the referendum with the general elections held and you’ll see people boycott it.
- gelert 6y agoAn aspect of the low turnout in these referendums is Peurto Ricans choosing to boycott them. In this case, they don't necessarily mean that there is a lack of engagement.
- ajmurmann 6y agoWhy are they boycotting it? Is it because they don't want statehood or because they keep voting but nothing happens?
- Alupis 6y agoWell, seeing how a couple of the votes are shrouded in deep controversy, even allegations of rigging the results, I can see why people would just blow it off as yet another attempt to re-invent their society by a very vocal minority.