▲ 862 ▼ The Great Republican Political Strategy of Insult Puerto Rico for Some Reason (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works 183 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] atempuser23@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) Puerto Rican voters Does someone else want to tell atempuser23? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml [S] 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Good thing there's only 5 million people who once lived in Puerto Rico in the 50 states and hundreds of thousands in Pennsylvania particularly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stateside_Puerto_Ricans permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) 1.7% nationally isn't much when spread out. I'm sure there are districts out there which are predominantly Puerto Rican, I just don't think they're a significantly large group. Which is why I fully support making them a state and giving them due representation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml [S] 3 points 2 years ago* In a close election, any decent percentage matters and they are not spread out evenly at all. For instance, there are 500,000 in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was won by only 42k in 2016 Plus a million in Florida - that can make the florida senate race a little more competitive. New York downballot races are a big part of why dems lost the house in 2022, and there's also around a million in New York They should certainly have representation, yes, but that's not to say the Puerto Ricans in swing states / competitive downballot won't matter either permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) You know there's a significant Puerto Rican population in New York and Florida, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stringere@sh.itjust.works -3 points 2 years ago (2 children) An estimated 5.8 million Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin lived in the United States in 2021 337 million in the US. I wouldn't call 1.7% spread across 50 states significant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago 1.7% is more than enough to flip some swing states. Most swing states. And two in particular have more than an average number of Puerto Ricans. So yeah, it matters. permalink fedilink source parent [–] _core@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago They're not spread across 50 states, there are large population groups in PA, NY, and FL. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) Puerto Rican voters Does someone else want to tell atempuser23? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml [S] 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Good thing there's only 5 million people who once lived in Puerto Rico in the 50 states and hundreds of thousands in Pennsylvania particularly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stateside_Puerto_Ricans permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) 1.7% nationally isn't much when spread out. I'm sure there are districts out there which are predominantly Puerto Rican, I just don't think they're a significantly large group. Which is why I fully support making them a state and giving them due representation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml [S] 3 points 2 years ago* In a close election, any decent percentage matters and they are not spread out evenly at all. For instance, there are 500,000 in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was won by only 42k in 2016 Plus a million in Florida - that can make the florida senate race a little more competitive. New York downballot races are a big part of why dems lost the house in 2022, and there's also around a million in New York They should certainly have representation, yes, but that's not to say the Puerto Ricans in swing states / competitive downballot won't matter either permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) You know there's a significant Puerto Rican population in New York and Florida, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stringere@sh.itjust.works -3 points 2 years ago (2 children) An estimated 5.8 million Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin lived in the United States in 2021 337 million in the US. I wouldn't call 1.7% spread across 50 states significant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago 1.7% is more than enough to flip some swing states. Most swing states. And two in particular have more than an average number of Puerto Ricans. So yeah, it matters. permalink fedilink source parent [–] _core@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago They're not spread across 50 states, there are large population groups in PA, NY, and FL. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml [S] 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Good thing there's only 5 million people who once lived in Puerto Rico in the 50 states and hundreds of thousands in Pennsylvania particularly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stateside_Puerto_Ricans permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) 1.7% nationally isn't much when spread out. I'm sure there are districts out there which are predominantly Puerto Rican, I just don't think they're a significantly large group. Which is why I fully support making them a state and giving them due representation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml [S] 3 points 2 years ago* In a close election, any decent percentage matters and they are not spread out evenly at all. For instance, there are 500,000 in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was won by only 42k in 2016 Plus a million in Florida - that can make the florida senate race a little more competitive. New York downballot races are a big part of why dems lost the house in 2022, and there's also around a million in New York They should certainly have representation, yes, but that's not to say the Puerto Ricans in swing states / competitive downballot won't matter either permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) 1.7% nationally isn't much when spread out. I'm sure there are districts out there which are predominantly Puerto Rican, I just don't think they're a significantly large group. Which is why I fully support making them a state and giving them due representation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml [S] 3 points 2 years ago* In a close election, any decent percentage matters and they are not spread out evenly at all. For instance, there are 500,000 in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was won by only 42k in 2016 Plus a million in Florida - that can make the florida senate race a little more competitive. New York downballot races are a big part of why dems lost the house in 2022, and there's also around a million in New York They should certainly have representation, yes, but that's not to say the Puerto Ricans in swing states / competitive downballot won't matter either permalink fedilink source parent
[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml [S] 3 points 2 years ago* In a close election, any decent percentage matters and they are not spread out evenly at all. For instance, there are 500,000 in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was won by only 42k in 2016 Plus a million in Florida - that can make the florida senate race a little more competitive. New York downballot races are a big part of why dems lost the house in 2022, and there's also around a million in New York They should certainly have representation, yes, but that's not to say the Puerto Ricans in swing states / competitive downballot won't matter either permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) You know there's a significant Puerto Rican population in New York and Florida, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] stringere@sh.itjust.works -3 points 2 years ago (2 children) An estimated 5.8 million Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin lived in the United States in 2021 337 million in the US. I wouldn't call 1.7% spread across 50 states significant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago 1.7% is more than enough to flip some swing states. Most swing states. And two in particular have more than an average number of Puerto Ricans. So yeah, it matters. permalink fedilink source parent [–] _core@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago They're not spread across 50 states, there are large population groups in PA, NY, and FL. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works -3 points 2 years ago (2 children) An estimated 5.8 million Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin lived in the United States in 2021 337 million in the US. I wouldn't call 1.7% spread across 50 states significant. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago 1.7% is more than enough to flip some swing states. Most swing states. And two in particular have more than an average number of Puerto Ricans. So yeah, it matters. permalink fedilink source parent [–] _core@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago They're not spread across 50 states, there are large population groups in PA, NY, and FL. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago 1.7% is more than enough to flip some swing states. Most swing states. And two in particular have more than an average number of Puerto Ricans. So yeah, it matters. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _core@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago They're not spread across 50 states, there are large population groups in PA, NY, and FL. permalink fedilink source parent
