Political party strength in Puerto Rico
The political party strength in Puerto Rico has been held by different political parties in the history of Puerto Rico. Today, that strength is primarily held by two parties, namely:
- the Popular Democratic Party (PPD in Spanish) which holds about 47% of the popular vote while advocating for maintaining the current political status of Puerto Rico as that of an unincorporated territory of the United States with self-government, and[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
- the New Progressive Party (PNP in Spanish) which holds about 47% of the popular vote while advocating for Puerto Rico to become a state of the United States.
The rest of the strength is held by several minority parties, namely:
- the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP in Spanish) which holds about 2.5% of the popular vote while advocating for the independence of Puerto Rico,
- the Working People's Party of Puerto Rico (PPT in Spanish) which holds about 1% of the popular vote while advocating for the working class,
- the Movimiento Unión Soberanista (MUS) which holds about 0.5% of the popular vote while advocating for the sovereignty of Puerto Rico, and
- the Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party (PPR in Spanish) which holds about 0.3% of the popular vote while advocating for green politics.
At the national level residents of Puerto Rico also have local chapters affiliated with the different political parties in the United States, being the Democratic Party and the Republican Party the local affiliations with significant representation in the island.
Before the constitution
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the United States insular area of Puerto Rico after 1898:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the territorial or Commonwealth:
The Puerto Rican parties are as follows: Alianza Puertorriqueña (AP), Republican-Socialist Coalition (C), Christian Action (CA), Estadista (E), Estadista Puertorriqueño (EP), Estadista Republicano (ER), Puerto Rican Independence (PIP), Liberal Party (L), Nonpartisan (NP), Partido Histórico (PH), New Progressive (PNP), Popular Democratic (PPD), Republicano Puertorriqueño (RP), Socialist (S), Socialista-Constitucional (SC), Union of Puerto Rico (U), Puerto Rican Socialist Party (PSP), Puerto Rican Union Party (PUP) and Unión Republicana-Progresista (URP). Elected officials' United States party affiliations are as follows: Democratic (D) and Republican (R).
For a particular year, the noted partisan composition is that which either took office during that year or which maintained the office throughout the entire year. Only changes made outside of regularly scheduled elections are noted as affecting the partisan composition during a particular year. Shading is determined by the final result of any mid-cycle changes in partisan affiliation.
Year | Executive office | Legislative Assembly | U.S. House[3] | |
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Governor | Senate | House | ||
1901 | appointed under United States colonial administration | [4] | unknown[5] | Federico Degetau (RP/R) |
1902 | ||||
1903 | ||||
1904 | ||||
1905 | U majority[5] | Tulio Larrínaga (U) | ||
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1911 | Luis Muñoz Rivera (U) | |||
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1917 | 13U, 5RP, 1S | unknown | Felix Cordova Davila (U) | |
1918 | ||||
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1920 | ||||
1921 | 15U, 3RP, 1S | |||
1922 | ||||
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1924 | ||||
1925 | 17AP, 2U | |||
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1929 | 11AP, 7SC, 1PH | |||
1930 | ||||
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1932 | ||||
José Lorenzo Pesquera (NP) | ||||
1933 | 14C, 5L | C majority | Santiago Iglesias (C/R) | |
1934 | ||||
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1938 | ||||
1939 | Bolívar Pagán (C/R) | |||
1940 | ||||
1941 | 10PPD, 9U | PPD majority | ||
1942 | ||||
1943 | ||||
1944 | ||||
1945 | 17PPD, 1URP, 1S | Jesús T. Piñero (PPD/D) | ||
1946 | ||||
Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD/D) | ||||
1947 | ||||
1948 | ||||
1949 | Luis Muñoz Marín (PPD) | 17PPD, 1S, 1EP | ||
1950 | ||||
1951 | ||||
1952 |
After the constitution
Year | Governor | Legislative Assembly | United States Congress | ||||
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Territorial Senate | Territorial House | Resident Commissioner | Shadow Senator (Class I) | Shadow Senator (Class II) | Shadow Representatives | ||
1953 | Luis Muñoz Marín (PPD) | 23 PPD, 5 PIP 4 PER | Antonio Fernós-Isern (PPD/D) | no such office | |||
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1957 | 23 PPD, 6 PER, 3 PIP | ||||||
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1961 | 23 PPD, 9 PER, 1 Ind | ||||||
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1965 | Roberto Sánchez Vilella (PPD/D) | 23 PPD, 9 PER | Santiago Polanco-Abreu (PPD/D) | ||||
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1969 | Luis A. Ferré (PNP/R) | 17 PPD, 10 PNP | 28 PNP, 23 PPD | Jorge Luis Córdova (PNP/R) | |||
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1973 | Rafael Hernández Colón (PPD/D) | 20 PPD, 6 PNP, 1 PIP | Jaime Benítez Rexach (PPD/D) | ||||
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1977 | Carlos Romero Barceló (PNP/R) | 14 PPD, 13 PNP | Baltasar Corrada del Río (PNP/D) | ||||
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1979 | Carlos Romero Barceló (PNP/D)[6] | ||||||
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1981 | 15 PPD, 12 PNP | 25 PPD, 25 PNP, 1 I | |||||
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1985 | Rafael Hernández Colón (PPD/D) | 18 PPD, 8 PNP, 1 PIP | Jaime Fuster (PPD/D)[7] | ||||
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1992 | Antonio Colorado (PPD/D)[8] | ||||||
1993 | Pedro Rosselló (PNP/D) | 21 PNP, 7 PPD, 1 PIP | Carlos Romero Barceló (PNP/D) | ||||
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1997 | 19 PNP, 8 PPD, 1 PIP | 37 PNP, 16 PPD, 1 PIP | |||||
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2001 | Sila María Calderón (PPD/D) | 19 PPD, 8 PNP, 1 PIP | 29 PPD, 21 PNP, 1 PIP | Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (PPD/D) | |||
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2005 | Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (PPD/D) | 15 PNP, 11 PPD, 1 PIP | 32 PNP, 18 PPD, 1 PIP | Luis Fortuño (PNP/R) | |||
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2009 | Luis Fortuño (PNP/R) | 22 PNP, 9 PPD | 37 PNP, 17 PPD | Pedro Pierluisi (PNP/D) | |||
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2013 | Alejandro García Padilla (PPD/D) | 18 PPD, 8 PNP, 1 PIP | 28 PPD, 23 PNP | ||||
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2016 | |||||||
2017 | Ricardo Rosselló (PNP/D) | 21 PNP, 7 PPD, 1 PIP, 1 Ind |
34 PNP, 16 PPD, 1 PIP |
Jenniffer González (PNP/R) | Zori Fonalledas (PNP/R)[9] | Carlos Romero Barceló (PNP/D)[9] | 2 PNP/D, 2 PNP/R, 1 Ind[9] |
2018 | |||||||
Year | Governor | Territorial Senate | Territorial House | Resident Commissioner | Shadow Senator (Class I) | Shadow Senator (Class II) | Shadow Representatives |
Legislative Assembly | United States Congress |
See also
Notes
- ↑ Party platform 2012 (in Spanish) p. 248. "El Partido Popular Democrático reafirma que el Estado Libre Asociado es la opción de estatus que mejor representa las aspiraciones del Pueblo de Puerto Rico."[1]
- ↑ Party platform 2012 (in Spanish) p. 248 "El Partido Popular Democrático apoya firmemente el desarrollo del Estado Libre Asociado hasta el máximo de autonomía compatible con los principios de unión permanente con los Estados Unidos y la ciudadanía americana de los puertorriqueños. El Partido Popular rechaza cualquier modificación de estatus que se aparte de estos principios y que atente contra nuestra nacionalidad puertorriqueña o que menoscabe nuestra identidad lingüística y cultural."[1]
References
- 1 2 "Plataforma de Gobierno 2012" (in Spanish). Popular Democratic Party. May 2, 2012. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ↑ "Senadores en Puerto Rico, 1917–2007" (PDF). Senate of Puerto Rico. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 15, 2009.
- ↑ Puerto Rico is represented in the United States Congress by a nonvoting delegate, formally called a Resident Commissioner.
- ↑ Senate established in 1917 by the Jones-Shafroth Act.
- 1 2 Unicameral legislature named House of Delegates.
- ↑ Gov. Barceló switched national parties to the Democratic Party
- ↑ Appointed to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
- ↑ Appointed to fill vacancy.
- 1 2 3 Appointed by Gov. Roselló on July 3 after the results of the 2017 status referendum and confirmed by the Puerto Rican Senate on August 15.
External links
- Chronology of Senators, 1917–2007, Senate of Puerto Rico.