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In Reply to: Puerto Rician's didn't want it. posted by Mr Steed on April 23, 2021 at 08:25:45:
There have been referendums on statehood in 1967, 1998, 2012, 2017, and 2020.
In 1967, the vote was for 60/40 in favor of the current status.
In 1998, 47% voted for statehood while "none of the above" won a slim majority.
In 2012, the results were inconclusive. There were two questions. The first question was whether to keep current status, and the majority voted "No". The second question was predicated on a "No" answer to the first, asking whether voters preferred independence, statehood, or something in between (free association). The "No" + statehood option got 834k votes while the "Yes" answer to the first question got 828k votes, so one could argue that statehood was the most preferred option. However, the votes for statehood were only 44% of the total ballot.
In 2017, the referendum used loaded language to try to steer votes towards statehood. The result was 97% in favor of statehood because everyone else boycotted the vote. Turnout was only 23%
Last year's referendum was just a simple Yes/No vote on whether PR should become a state. Yes won by a 5 point margin. So it's fair to say that a majority of Puerto Ricans do want it now.
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