Angus Reid Encuesta Puertorico USA

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For Immediate Release

United States Public Opinion Poll

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CONTACT:Mario Canseco, Vice President, Angus Reid Public Opinion, 877-730-3570, [email protected]

LATIN AMERICA

Future of Puerto Rico Divides

Opinions in the United StatesA third of respondents want the island to remain a U.S. territory, but one-in-

five Americans would like to see it become the 51st state.

[NEW YORK Feb. 9, 2012] - American adults

are divided on the best course of action for the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a new Angus Reid

Public Opinion poll has found.

In the online survey of a representative national

sample of 1,008 American adults, one third of

respondents think Puerto Rico should remain a

U.S. territory. One-in-five respondents (21%)

would like to see the archipelago become the 51ststate, and a similar proportion (23%) believes

Puerto Rico should become an independent

nation.

Puerto Rico has been a commonwealth

associated with the United States since 1898,

after the Spanish-American War. Since 1917,

Puerto Ricans have been U.S. Citizens, but are

not allowed to vote in presidential elections.

Puerto Rican voters have rejected statehood and

independence in two non-binding referendums held in 1993 and 1998.

Hispanic respondents are slightly more likely than non-Hispanics (35% to 31%) to support the status quo

in Puerto Rico. The idea of Puerto Rico remaining a U.S. territory is the top choice for respondents of all

political stripes. However, a quarter of Republicans and Independents approve of the idea of an

independent Puerto Rico, while the same proportion of Democrats would like to see the archipelago

become an American state.

KEY FINDINGS

32% want Puerto Rico to remain a U.S.territory; 23% would like to see Puerto

Rico as an independent nation; 21%

want Puerto Rico to become the 51st

state

Full topline results are at the end of this release.

From January 27 to January 28, 2012, Angus Reid Public

Opinion conducted an online survey among 1,008 American

adults who are Springboard America panelists. The margin of

errorwhich measures sampling variabilityis +/- 3.1%. The

results have been statistically weighted according to the most

current education, age, gender and region Census data to

ensure a sample representative of the entire adult population of

the United States. Discrepancies in or between totals are due to

rounding.


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Men (35%) are more likely than women (28%) to support the continuation of Puerto Rico as a U.S.

territory, while respondents aged 18-to-34 (25%) are more supportive of Puerto Rico becoming

independent than older Americans.

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Latin America

Thinking specifically about Puerto Rico, which one of these policies do you prefer?

UnitedStates

Political ID Ethnicity

Democrat Republican Independent HispanicNot

Hispanic

Puerto Rico remaininga U.S. territory

32% 32% 34% 29% 35% 31%

Puerto Rico becomingan independent nation

23% 18% 26% 26% 22% 23%

Puerto Rico becomingthe 51st state

21% 26% 19% 20% 31% 20%

Not sure 24% 24% 21% 25% 12% 26%

Latin America

Thinking specifically about Puerto Rico, which one of these policies do you prefer?

UnitedStates

Age Gender

18-34 35-54 55+ Male Female

Puerto Rico remaininga U.S. territory

32% 33% 31% 30% 35% 28%

Puerto Rico becomingan independent nation

23% 25% 22% 21% 22% 24%

Puerto Rico becomingthe 51st state 21% 21% 20% 23% 25% 18%

Not sure 24% 21% 27% 25% 18% 30%

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