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The Popular Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Popular Democrático, PPD) is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates to continue as a Commonwealth of the United States with self-governance. [ a ] [ b ] The party was founded in 1938 by dissidents from the Puerto Rican Liberal Party and the Unionist Party and originally promoted policies ...
Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives: 11 Alejandro García Padilla: 11 August 2011 24 July 2016 Secretary of Consumer Affairs of Puerto Rico Governor: 12 David Bernier: 24 July 2016 3 January 2017 Secretary of State: 13 Héctor Ferrer Ríos: 3 January 2017 10 December 2018 Member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives: 14 ...
The Popular Democratic Party (PPD in Spanish) which holds about 34% of the popular vote while advocating for maintaining the current political status of Puerto Rico as that of a Commonwealth, [a] [b] Political Party Strength in Puerto Rico 2020. The rest of the strength is held by three minority parties [2]
This article lists political parties in Puerto Rico.. Puerto Rico has a 'first past the post' electoral system, in which a voter can vote by party, by candidate or both.To qualify as an official political party (and thus be able to appear on the printed state electoral ballot), a party must meet the criteria set forth by the Puerto Rico Electoral Law.
One of Puerto Rico’s biggest political parties will hold a gubernatorial primary after Rep. Jesús Manuel Ortiz of the Popular Democratic Party announced his candidacy Monday. Ortiz will face ...
Puerto Rico will hold a referendum on Nov. 5 to determine whether the island should ... (Partido Nuevo Progresista) focuses on Puerto Rico becoming a U.S. state, the Popular Democratic Party ...
Jesús Manuel Ortiz, president of the Popular Democratic Party and a candidate for Puerto Rico governor, said Sunday in a statement in Spanish that party supporters “reject any undemocratic ...
The Democratic Party of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Partido Demócrata de Puerto Rico) [4] is the local affiliate of the U.S. National Democratic Party in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Party membership consists of supporters of both the current Commonwealth status and those who favor statehood for Puerto Rico.