Don polls indicate that Puerto Ricans do not consider themselves Americans and therefore a vote for statehood should be disregarded or require a super-majority for approval?
• Puerto Rico’s 3.8 million U.S. citizens are among the most fervent Americans as the only polls that really count those held on Election Day and in the battlefields — reveal. • In the 1993 plebiscite, 95 percent of the voters (statehood and commonwealth) favored permanent ties with the U.S. and guaranteed American citizenship. If that’s not considered being 100 percent American what is? • Puerto Rico’s commitment to democracy and democratic institutions is unparalleled in the United States; over 80 percent of the electorate routinely turn out on election days. • 200,000 of our youth have defended American values abroad since WW I, one of the highest enlistment rates in all the U.S. • Puerto Ricans are among the most traveled Americans freely demonstrating their love for the Union by their frequent visits and by the fact that over 2.5 million permanently reside stateside. • Finally, no other territory has ever been required to have a super-majority for statehood. Alaska got only a lit
