+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,

      • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        2 days ago

        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

    • criticon@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      While residents are U.S. citizens, they lack voting representation in Congress, cannot vote for president,

      • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        2 days ago

        …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

        • criticon@lemmy.ca
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          2 days ago

          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

              • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
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                2 days ago

                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