@[email protected] to People [email protected] • 2 days agoThe Great Republican Political Strategy of Insult Puerto Rico for Some Reasonlemmy.mlimagemessage-square199fedilinkarrow-up1856arrow-down19
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink-1•8 hours agoAn estimated 5.8 million Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin lived in the United States in 2021 337 million in the US. I wouldn’t call 1.7% spread across 50 states significant.
minus-square@chaogomulink3•4 hours ago1.7% is more than enough to flip some swing states. Most swing states. And two in particular have more than an average number of Puerto Ricans. So yeah, it matters.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•5 hours agoThey’re not spread across 50 states, there are large population groups in PA, NY, and FL.
An estimated 5.8 million Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin lived in the United States in 2021
337 million in the US.
I wouldn’t call 1.7% spread across 50 states significant.
1.7% is more than enough to flip some swing states. Most swing states.
And two in particular have more than an average number of Puerto Ricans.
So yeah, it matters.
They’re not spread across 50 states, there are large population groups in PA, NY, and FL.