Puerto Rico Plebiscites -- Puerto Rico's Road to Statehood
()
About this ebook
Related to Puerto Rico Plebiscites -- Puerto Rico's Road to Statehood
Related ebooks
Black Voter Suppression: The Fight for the Right to Vote Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe 2014 Elections in Florida: The Last Gasp From the 2012 Elections Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Stacey Abrams's Our Time Is Now Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow Elections Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAfter the People Vote, Fourth Edition: A Guide to the Electorial College Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow Voting and Elections Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPresidential Election Trivia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNorth Carolina Politics: An Introduction Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Past, Present, and Future of Southern Politics: An article from Southern Cultures 18:3, Fall 2012: The Politics Issue Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Democracy Fix: How to Win the Fight for Fair Rules, Fair Courts, and Fair Elections Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of The Return by Dick Morris:Trump's Big 2024 Comeback Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVoting: A Kid's Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Canadian Federal Election of 2008 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDrawing the Lines: Constraints on Partisan Gerrymandering in U.S. Politics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFragile Democracy: The Struggle over Race and Voting Rights in North Carolina Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsElecting the Senate: Indirect Democracy before the Seventeenth Amendment Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ranch Girl and the Orphan Lamb Adventure Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVoting in Elections Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Cleveland Era: A Chronicle of the New Order in Politics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAP U.S. Government and Politics Flashcards, Fifth Edition: Up-to-Date Review Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlueprints for the Eagle, Star, and Independent: Revised 4th Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Future Ain't What It Used to Be: The 2016 Presidential Election in the South Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Elections of 2020 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBLUEPRINTS FOR THE EAGLE, STAR, AND INDEPENDENT: Revised Third Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGale Researcher Guide for: Who Runs for Office and Why Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIssue Evolution: Race and the Transformation of American Politics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Jessamyn Conrad & Martin Garbus's What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't, Fourth Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhat You Need to Know About Voting—and Why Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Breaking the Deadlock: The 2000 Election, the Constitution, and the Courts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Suffrage Reconstructed: Gender, Race, and Voting Rights in the Civil War Era Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
History For You
100 Things You're Not Supposed to Know: Secrets, Conspiracies, Cover Ups, and Absurdities Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A People's History of the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Grief Observed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Secret History of the World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Richest Man in Babylon: The most inspiring book on wealth ever written Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Whore Stories: A Revealing History of the World's Oldest Profession Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shakespeare: The World as Stage Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Library Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lessons of History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Puerto Rico Plebiscites -- Puerto Rico's Road to Statehood
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Puerto Rico Plebiscites -- Puerto Rico's Road to Statehood - Juan Jose Nolla-Acosta
Puerto Rico plebiscites Puerto Rico’s road to Statehood
A compilation of the results of the plebiscites held in Puerto Rico in 1967, 1993, 1998 & 2012.
Juan José Nolla-Acosta, JD, Esq.
2013
ISBN 978-1-312-11423-4
Table of Contents
Foreword03
1967 Plebiscite05
1993 Plebiscite09
1998 Plebiscite13
2012 Plebiscite17
Complementary data for 201225
Statehood vs. Territorial Status26
(2012)
Support for Status Options over time
Statehood30
Independence34
Territorial Condition37
Foreword
On November 6, 2012, the US citizens who reside in Puerto Rico went to the polls for a plebiscite on their political status. This was the fourth plebiscite since 1967. There had been three plebiscites previously, in 1967, 1993 and 1998.
On this plebiscite, voters were presented with two questions. The first one was whether they wanted to continue with Puerto Rico’s current territorial status. Voters said No
to the current territorial status by a 54 to 46 percent margin. In fact, the No
option received more votes than the Governor elected that same day.
The second question asked voters which non territorial status option they wanted. Voters were presented with three options, (1) Statehood—making Puerto Rico the