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Jul 23, 2019 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
(This'll be a bit long.)
There's been a lot of confusing talk about Puerto Rico Governor Rosselló being a Democrat. But this betrays a lack of knowledge about PR politics.
PR politics turns on the "status question"—the relationship between the Island and the United States.
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No one runs for office in Puerto Rico on the Democratic or Republican ticket. No one. Period.
There are several local parties. The two principal ones are the New Progressive Party (PNP in Spanish) and the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).
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