Those who mention that there was a 2005 referendum on statehood with low voter turnout must be smoking something. The last referendum on statehood was held on December 1998 and turnout was around 65%. The 2005 referndum you are talking about was to change Puerto Rico's bicameral legislature into a unicameral legisalture. Most Puerto Rican's couldn't care less about that subject and simply did not vote on that referendum. A poll published today by the second leading newspaper in Puerto Rico shows 37% of Puerto Ricans will definitely vote (about 870,000) and if you add the likely to vote it goes up to 46% (about 1,081,000) I personally feel those estimates are a little high but hey people in Puerto Rico love to vote so you never know if the whole island wakes up this Sunday with an interest in voting.
Those who mention that there was a 2005 referendum on statehood with low voter turnout must be smoking something. The last referendum on statehood was held on December 1998 and turnout was around 65%. The 2005 referndum you are talking about was to change Puerto Rico's bicameral legislature into a unicameral legisalture. Most Puerto Rican's couldn't care less about that subject and simply did not vote on that referendum. A poll published today by the second leading newspaper in Puerto Rico shows 37% of Puerto Ricans will definitely vote (about 870,000) and if you add the likely to vote it goes up to 46% (about 1,081,000) I personally feel those estimates are a little high but hey people in Puerto Rico love to vote so you never know if the whole island wakes up this Sunday with an interest in voting.