Tuesday, February 14, 2012

I live in the U.S. so I hear a lot about Obama and McCain running for President. What's the political situation like in Puerto Rico? Do they vote for those Presidential candidates too? Do they vote for their own government? |||As an organized & non incorpored territory of the USA we are not allowed to vote for the president. We do participate in Democrat / Republican party presidential primaries.

We vote for our local goverment, currently we got general elections this year on Nov. 4. This year we have four political party competing at the elections. Basically only two have real opportunities to win, the other two may opt for just one senator seat and one House Representative seat. They also may get a seat or two at the municipal assemblies.

At the elections we vote for:
1. Governor
2. Resident Commisioner (a member of the Congress (House) which can participate of the debates but has limited voting rights.
3. Senators (by Senatorial District and at-Large)
4. Representatives (by precint and at-Large)
5. Mayor & Municipal Legislators

Over 90% of the inscribed voters go to the ballots to cast their votes.|||Puerto Rico has its own elections. All the possible seats anywhere are decided on November 4th. In Puerto Rico they do not vote for the President of the US as Puerto Rico is not a US state. They do however vote for who will be governor, who will be resident commisioner in Washington DC and the mayors per city or town, senate seats and representatives seats. There are no candidates for judges or sheriffs or anything like that. It happens every 4 years and it's a big party. This year there are 4 candidates for governor. Luis Fortu帽o for the New Progressive Party (want Statehood for PR), Anibal Acevedo Vil谩 who is the current governor and is part of the Popular Democratic Party (want commonwealth - current political status), Rogelio Figueroa of the new Puertoricans for Puerto Rico party (they just want new things to happen) and Edwin Irizarry Mora of the Puertorican Independence Party (of course want independence for PR). The two parties with the most people behind them are the NPP and PDP.

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