badgenome on 07 November 2012
| gergroy said: Can the governor block it or something? Puerto rico needs to figure something out, its like they are in limbo... |
There's nothing to block, it was just sort of an official temperature taking of what people want to do. But Padilla is with the PDP, whose platform is essentially the status quo but with improvements (more autonomy for Puerto Rico, basically), so he's unlikely to pursue statehood.
Besides, the actual breakdown is trickier: 54% of people voted to change Puerto Rico's status. Of those, 61% want statehood while the rest want either the PDP solution or total independence.
