BREAKING: The Supreme Court says it is constitutional for Congress to exclude residents of Puerto Rico from SSI benefits. The decision is 8-1 with Sotomayor dissenting. https://t.co/0Lu2xYhbu2 pic.twitter.com/R2wRMOZlWW— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) April 21, 2022
i mean, who knows what's going to happen in 2 or 5 or 10 years, but right now the Republicans are simply too racist for 66% of Latino voters and rising
Probably not. The majority of their governors have been PPD with only a few PNP governors over the last couple decades. PPD aligns with Dems while PNP aligns with Republicans.
The political parties are mostly formed around positions regarding the statehood/independence/status quo question though. If they were to become a state, politicians of both parties would lose their positions and have to join Dems or Republicans which is why a lot of the politicians and business folks that "support" statehood publicly are against it privately and never want it to actually happen.
Would Puerto Rico's senators or whatever even be democrats? Like aren't they pretty catholic and conservative
i mean, who knows what's going to happen in 2 or 5 or 10 years, but right now the Republicans are simply too racist for 66% of Latino voters and rising
Probably not. The majority of their governors have been PPD with only a few PNP governors over the last couple decades. PPD aligns with Dems while PNP aligns with Republicans.
The political parties are mostly formed around positions regarding the statehood/independence/status quo question though. If they were to become a state, politicians of both parties would lose their positions and have to join Dems or Republicans which is why a lot of the politicians and business folks that "support" statehood publicly are against it privately and never want it to actually happen.
That's a good point. I still think it would lean more Democratic. They would probably vote similarly to Mexican Americans.
Yes, I agree with you there