+5 Yes, Puerto Rico is widely considered a colony—or often described as the world’s oldest colony—due to its status as an unincorporated U.S. territory. While residents are U.S. citizens, they lack voting representation in Congress, cannot vote for president,
…Right. That’s correct. Residents are US citizens and lack voting representation in congress and cannot vote for president. I feel like I must be missing something.
Also this is the case for US Citizens residing in Guam and Samoa
The correction is that the restriction is under the territory, not on the citizens. If they migrate to a state they can vote for president. If a citizen from a state moves to the territory the can’t vote for the president
…Right. I must still be missing something. Because that’s what the original post says, too
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Same in DC as well.
At least DC gets 3 electors in presidential elections
Well sure, but it’s not like the residents get half a say without a vote so they’re just kind of there.
there is a vote for those electors. turnout is generally low because ~70% of the vote goes to a specific party and what’s on the ballot is only how to allocate a small portion of electors in the electoral college. most DC residents feel its pretty token and prefer to spend election day not stressing about something that’s out of their hands. when they do turn out the vote, it’s an act of “hey. we’re still here, goddammit.”
also this is all making miss my old hometown 🤣. DC is such a great city if your political interests are more towards community involvement than towards voting
I like this. Always loved it there and the people are some of the best I’ve ever met.
to me the embodiment of DC’s spirit is all the street musicians at a Nats game
Nothing better honestly. I love the Nats and I’ll skip out on the game for street performances honestly.
oh my goodness! my first Nats fan encounter on the threadiverse (don’t freak out don’t freak out) hi