Posted by 16 percent.That was turnout? 16 percent. For some bizarre reason, Puerto Rico has more delegates than 27 U.S. states. For a territory that has zero electoral votes in November to have a greater say than over half of the states in the United States isn’t just bizarre on the merits, but it’s also an insult to those 27 states.
I’m all for Puerto Rican statehood, and hope to see it happen if the people of Puerto Rico so want it. I love my boricua brothers and sisters so much I actually married one. But until they are a U.S. state, I hope that their influence in the primaries is drastically reduced in the future. If nothing else, it would spare candidates from spending time and money in a state that has no bearing in November.
Not to mention that Puerto Ricans, given the option of having a say in an election they are ultimately barred from participating in (unless they move to the mainland), had better things to do than vote. Not surprising, perhaps, given that there isn’t even a Democratic Party in the island.
So let’s end this half-way status for Puerto Rico, and let’s make sure that the people living in the United States have the greatest say in who our nominee is going to be.
Source Daily Kos
