Well, that's certainly an impressive number of people who would prefer that Puerto Rico becomes a state, but I don't know if the number of people who are dissatisfied with current affairs is enough of a margin over those who are satisfied for anything to actually happen.
How much of a majority would be needed in that first question for anything to happen?
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edited 6th Nov '12 7:47:12 PM by Balmung
Wait... I'm confused by the link at the top of this page(likely because I don't speak/read spanish)...
A "No" vote is a vote for a change in status, or against a change in status?
Because if it's against, then that doesn't look like it's going to be a successful vote for statehood. Assuming the numbers are accurate.
edited 6th Nov '12 7:48:24 PM by Swish
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- You get 1 representative for every 674,000 people.
- Puerto Rico has a population of 3,700,000 (estimated)
- So Puerto Rico would get 5 House Represenatives. Meaning it would have as much power as Iowa in the House of Representatives.
edited 6th Nov '12 8:17:06 PM by DeviantBraeburn
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Romney did say, however, that he would work alongside our (current) Republican governor to incorporate Puerto Rico as a state should over 50% of the population favor statehood, though he did not mention the 'Yes' or 'No' question. But, this is spineless, flip-flopping Romney we're talking about.
Not sure about Obama, though.
edited 6th Nov '12 8:22:09 PM by i-kun

So, here's a site detailing the results of the referendum on the territorial status of Puerto Rico
Basically, Puertorricans were asked two questions, represented by pie charts on the site. The first question, which roughly reads "Do you agree on maintaining the current political status of Puerto Rico?" is represented by the black and white pie chart on the left, and has the "No" option in the lead. The second question urged voters to select a political status of their preference to possibly replace the current 'status quo' regardless of whether they picked 'yes' or 'no' in the first question, is represented by the pie chart on the right, with blue representing Statehood, red representing an 'upgraded' Commonwealth status, and green representing Independence.
In short, Puertorricans are unsatisfied with our current political/territorial status and are favoring the option of Statehood over remaining the same and independence.
Of course, whatever happens, it's all in the hands of Congress and the President.