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Although Puerto Rico does not participate in U.S. presidential general elections because it is an unincorporated territory and not a state, and therefore cannot send members to the U.S. Electoral College, Puerto Ricans are citizens of the United States and are able to participate in the U.S. presidential primaries. [1]
Notably, Puerto Rico becomes the second U.S. territory to implement straw polls for presidential elections, following Guam, which initiated its own straw poll in 1980 and has conducted preference votes in conjunction with each presidential election since that time. [3]
General elections were held in Puerto Rico on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections, [1] [2] electing the governor, resident commissioner and members of the House of Representatives and Senate. A non-binding status referendum and a straw poll for the 2024 United States presidential election were held. [3]
Election 2024 live updates: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump court swing states; latest polls Does Puerto Rico vote in the 2024 presidential race? More than two-thirds of Puerto Ricans live in the ...
Latinos and Puerto Ricans were the target of insults during a Trump rally on Sunday. Does Puerto Rico get to vote for president? What to know.
Like other territories, Puerto Rico holds presidential primary elections in the spring of each presidential election year in which the parties choose delegates to the Republican and Democratic national conventions. While these delegates do vote for their pledged candidate at their respective convention, this marks the end of the territory's ...
From Guam to Puerto Rico, America encompasses more than just the 50 states. But can residents in the territories vote for president?
After the defeat of Alexandra Lúgaro as an independent candidate and Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl as the candidate for the Working People's Party in the 2016 Puerto Rico gubernatorial election, the two candidates joined with other Puerto Rican politicians in March 2019 to form a new political party called Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana (Citizen's ...