Puerto Ricans Are Streaming Into Florida And They Aren’t Exactly Fans Of Donald Trump
Observers think Puerto Rican voters could even swing the election.
7/7/2016
KISSIMMEE, Fla. ― Near the end of the Florida voter registration form, there’s a section for party affiliation that often trips up the wave of Puerto Ricans who have recently moved to this critical swing state. *
The section asks would-be voters to select an affiliation: The options are Republican, Democratic, none at all, write in something else, or leave it blank. But back on the island, Puerto Ricans don’t have the same political parties. And according to advocacy group organizers and volunteers working on registration efforts, the labels of American governance often prove perplexing.
“They’d have this look of confusion as soon as they got to the party,” said Viviana Janer, a Democrat who chairs the Osceola Board of County Commissioners, of the days when she did voter registration. “Some of them will ask you, ‘What party is the president?’”
Even if the newly settled Puerto Ricans are unfamiliar with the terminology of American politics, however, they stand to be an incredible force within it. They could even decide the presidential election this November.
Puerto Ricans represent one of the fastest-growing constituencies in one of the most influential swing states. There are over 1 million of them in Florida, more than double the number 14 years ago, and thousands more arrive each month, fleeing the fallout of a debt crisis back home.*The Orlando region, including Kissimmee, has the largest Puerto Rican population in the state.
On the island,*people are politically active ― Puerto Rico has far higher voter turnout than the 50 states ― and as U.S. citizens, they are eligible to vote on the mainland as soon as they resettle here. While their lack of familiarity with party names may give Republicans an opening, the Democrats seem more likely to benefit from their presence. And that’s for one reason above all else: Donald Trump.
The
presumptive Republican presidential nominee is squarely on the mind of many coming from the island ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/puerto-rican-voters-florida_us_577ebb44e4b01edea78d245e
Check the date of this article .. this was written BEFORE the devastation of Puerto Rice and Trump's racist lack of adequate response and his attack of the Mayor of San Juan. It doesn't matter if you don't see it as racist, Puerto Ricans sure as hell do.
Sure, stick your chest out .. say stupid shit like why can't they be like white people. In conversations with Puerto Ricans, I'll be sure to quote you.
I'm sure you have no idea, not a clue of just how ignorant and self-defeating that stupid shit is. It's the thinking of children.
These are hyper-politically active people who are already changing the face of Florida as many more stream into the mainland of their own country.
Did you miss the part about them being able to vote almost as soon as they get here .. in time for the midterms?
