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submitted 11 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

My understanding is that many Puerto Ricans don't even want statehood.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

About 50-60% want statehood, it’s the majority opinion, but a lot of people like not having income taxes

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 hours ago

The last vote had a very huge abstention ‘vote’, which was the only reason the ‘for’ vote out performed the ‘against’.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

They just want independence iirc

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

That’s actually a pretty fringe belief on Puerto Rico