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The Puerto Rico statehood movement (Spanish: movimiento estadista de Puerto Rico) aims to make Puerto Rico a state of the United States.Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territorial possession of the United States acquired in 1898 following the Spanish–American War, making it "the oldest colony in the modern world".
However, Puerto Rico's governing New Progressive Party praised the island's vote for statehood, in which over half of the electorate cast a vote. The option for statehood achieved a majority of the vote with 540,635 votes, followed by independence with 293,224 votes, and independence with free association with 116,834 votes.
Although the 2020 plebiscite provided a majority in favor of statehood, there were many articles written since it took place, pointing out that the turnout was a little over 52%, with 623,000 of the 2.3 million registered voters in Puerto Rico voting for statehood. [14]
This Nov. 5, Puerto Ricans will have a non-binding vote on statehood – all Hispanic Americans should enthusiastically support the island’s fight for equality. The impact of Puerto Ricans in ...
When Puerto Ricans go to the polls, they can express their choice for several status options for the island
Today, Congress’ reluctance to admit Puerto Rico into statehood involves economic concerns about the cost of such a decision and political concerns about the balance of power between Republicans ...
Puerto Rico has had five previous referendums on its status. [8] A vote in 1967 rejected statehood, [9] with the commonwealth status option receiving the most votes. The next three referendums produced no clear majorities, [4] with the commonwealth option receiving the most votes in 1993 and the none of the above option being the most popular option in 1998.
Puerto Ricans requested statehood on Nov. 3, 2020, with 52.3% of voters asking to change the island’s status from unincorporated territory to U.S. state. This is the sixth time statehood has ...