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+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,
Quick correction. Puerto Rico, not Puerto Ricans, is politically limited. Any American citizen that chooses to reside in Puerto Rico loses their right to vote (looking at you Paul brothers). Any Puerto Rican that choses to reside in any of the 50 states has the same right to vote as anyone else.
Oh btw, people born in American Samoa are US Nationals but not Citizens
So bascially they're second-class Citizens. They are allowed to freely travel withing the US, but cannot vote or run for federal office...
Laws are so fucking weird
edit: typo
What's being corrected here?
It's confusing now because it has been corrected.
Ah! That's what I originally figured but then we got into a whole thread like there was a discrepency and I was so lost haha
Weird that the little edit icon isn't up there
I don't think the edit icon is a thing on this instance. I edited my previous comment a few times to test and I didn't see it.
the more you know!
...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
👍🏼
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
Hell yes! Maybe there’s even more out here who knows?
Edit: (hi also)