Puerto Rico statehood referendum 2020

[RI]

Sí (70,323)
No (55,970)

[RI]

Yes 81,139 (55.15%)
No 65,989 (44.85%)

[RI]

Yes 107,063 (54.40%)
No 89,727 (45.60%)

[RI]

Yes 245,647 (53.17%)
No 216,314 (46.83%)

[hurricanehink]

Yes 245,647 (53.17%)
No 216,314 (46.83%)

Out of what % of votes?

[RI]

86% reporting

Yes 522,061 (52.34%)
No 475,460 (47.66%)

[7,052,770]

[ibagli]

What chances does it have in, say, a 51-49 or 52-48 GOP Senate?  Would Rubio and Scott go as far as to ally with Democrats on the procedural votes needed to shove McConnell out of the way and admit PR? (Or maybe the Democratic flop with Hispanic voters will convince Republicans they've got a shot?)

It doesn't seem like there's much of a boycott this time. 95% of gubernatorial voters are voting in the statehood referendum.

[7,052,770]

What chances does it have in, say, a 51-49 or 52-48 GOP Senate?  Would Rubio and Scott go as far as to ally with Democrats on the procedural votes needed to shove McConnell out of the way and admit PR? (Or maybe the Democratic flop with Hispanic voters will convince Republicans they've got a shot?)

It doesn't seem like there's much of a boycott this time. 95% of gubernatorial voters are voting in the statehood referendum.

Maybe if the parties make an agreement that only Republicans will run for one senate seat, and only Democrats for the other? This would only apply to the 2021 elections of course - anything later could go either way.

It's not very Democratic to deny Puerto Ricans the right to have whatever senators they want for its first few years as a state, but it takes the Senate balance question off the table. Maybe a backdoor compromise could be reached between all the power brokers?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

As I said in the thread over on USGD, given that Latins have shown they aren't a monolithically Democratic voting block, it's not impossible, especially if the Republicans think they can get credit for it, for Statehood to happen.  Bigger blocks are the tepid support for Statehood and the fact that any Statehood bill that has a chance of passage will require the State of Puerto Rico to assume the existing Commonwealth debt.