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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink18•13 hours agoMy understanding is that many Puerto Ricans don’t even want statehood.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink27•12 hours agoAbout 50-60% want statehood, it’s the majority opinion, but a lot of people like not having income taxes
minus-square@NJSpradlinlink-1•10 hours agoThe last vote had a very huge abstention ‘vote’, which was the only reason the ‘for’ vote out performed the ‘against’.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•9 hours agoThat’s actually a pretty fringe belief on Puerto Rico
My understanding is that many Puerto Ricans don’t even want statehood.
About 50-60% want statehood, it’s the majority opinion, but a lot of people like not having income taxes
The last vote had a very huge abstention ‘vote’, which was the only reason the ‘for’ vote out performed the ‘against’.
They just want independence iirc
That’s actually a pretty fringe belief on Puerto Rico