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The Great Republican Political Strategy of Insult Puerto Rico for Some Reason (lemmy.ml)
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[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You know there's a significant Puerto Rican population in New York and Florida, right?

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 month 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.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month 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.

[–] _core@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

They're not spread across 50 states, there are large population groups in PA, NY, and FL.