Puerto Ricans favor statehood for first time
(File photo) Puerto Ricans voted in favor of statehood, marking the first time such an initiative garnered a majority. Puerto Ricans voted in nonbinding referendum on status as U.S. commonwealth A majority rejected the current status and favored statehood as an alternative It is the first time a majority of voters choose statehood But analysts find problems drawing conclusions from the vote (CNN) -- In an overshadowed Election Day contest, Puerto Ricans voted in favor of statehood in a nonbinding referendum, marking the first time such an initiative garnered a majority. Puerto Ricans were asked about their desires in two parts. First, by a 54% to 46% margin, voters rejected their current status as a U.S. commonwealth. In a separate question, 61% chose statehood as the alternative, compared with 33% for the semi-autonomous "sovereign free association" and 6% for outright independence.
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Puerto Ricans
Overall Sentiment: 0.178955
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Kenneth McClintock
Overall Sentiment: -0.170663
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| 0 | "I think people just came to realize that the current relationship simply does not create the number of jobs that we need," he said. ... |
| -0.227614 | "When you have a political status that scares away half of your population, it is time to reject that political status," he said. ... |
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Jorge Benitez
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.22573
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| -0.0682849 | "This isn't to say that support for statehood hasn't increased; it has," Benitez said. ... |
| 0 | "But the only thing we can decipher with certainty from the vote is that the people of Puerto Rico want a change to the current status. "It isn't clear what change we want, but we want change," he said. ... |
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McClintock
Overall Sentiment: 0.0812809
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| 0.0437143 | "The people are withdrawing their consent to be governed the way they are governed," McClintock said, ... |
| 0 | "Congress will have to address this and will have to pay attention," he said. ... |
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Mitt Romney
Overall Sentiment: 0.0631099
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| 0 | Romney said he would have "no preconditions" ... |
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Rick Santorum
Overall Sentiment: 0.0767337
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President Obama
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.165877
Luis Agrait
Overall Sentiment: 0.0321756
Relevance: 0.158273
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Country: Puerto Rico
Overall Sentiment: -0.032574
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Country: United States
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In an overshadowed Election Day contest, Puerto Ricans voted in favor of statehood in a nonbinding referendum, marking the first time such an initiative garnered a majority.
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