News88 Blog Of The Day 05/10/2005: Part 2 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO

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Please refer back to the blog of the day for 03/05/2005. Saturday, March 05, 2005 for your information, for more information.

Yesterdays blog: Part 1 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO.
Todays blog: Part 2 Of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO.
Tomorrows blog: Part 3 of 7 Paragraph Essay: PUERTO RICO.

BODY OF BLOG

Puerto Rico's governor is elected directly for a four-year term. A bicameral legislature consists of a 27-member Senate and a 51-member House of Representatives, all elected for four-year terms. From 1940 to 1968, Puerto Rican politics was dominated by a party advocating voluntary association with the U.S. Since then, the New Progressive Party, a party favoring U.S. statehood, has won five of the last eight gubernatorial elections. Puerto Ricans have twice voted to determine their political status. In 1967, the outcome was Commonwealth 60%; statehood 39%; independence 1%. In 1993, Commonwealth dropped to 48.6%; statehood rose to 46.3%; independence polled 4.4%; and 0.6% of the ballots were blank or spoiled.

TO BE CONTINUED..........................

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P.S.S. Source of this article: Time Almanac 2005. Puerto Rico has already been covered with the link to Politics1 Puerto Rico page, Congress.org PR links on their states map, and also Wikipedia. Please check my past archives for more. Sorry, and Thanks!