Poll: Nearly half in US unaware that Puerto Ricans are citizens
Source: The Hill
BY RAFAEL BERNAL - 09/26/17 12:01 PM EDT
Nearly half of all Americans aren't aware that Puerto Ricans are citizens, according to a new Morning Consult poll.
The U.S. territory's natural-born residents have been American citizens since 1917. Puerto Rico has been under control of the United States since 1898. Puerto Rico's status has received fresh attention over the last week as Hurricane Maria ravaged the island, leaving nearly all its 3.5 million residents without power and in many cases with no way to communicate to the outside world.
While 54 percent of Americans know that Puerto Ricans are citizens, 47 percent do not know that, according to the poll, which was first reported by The New York Times. Among Americans with a bachelor's degree, 72 percent are aware of citizenship for people on the island.
The poll found a connection between knowledge of Puerto Ricans' citizenship and a willingness to send emergency aid. According to the report, 8 in 10 Americans who know Puerto Ricans are citizens support sending aid, while among those who do not know, 4 in 10 support sending aid.
Read more: http://thehill.com/latino/352466-poll-nearly-half-in-us-unaware-that-puerto-ricans-are-citizens
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)Oh no...MORE brown people?!?!?!
harun
(11,348 posts)TommyCelt
(838 posts)...but certainly doesn't bode well for Puerto Rican on the Island,
samnsara
(17,634 posts)handmade34
(22,757 posts)Trump doesn't know either
padfun
(1,787 posts)28% of those with a Bachelors degree still didn't know. What kind of courses did they take? Basket weaving?
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Many technical/science degrees do not require alot of social/science or humanities course work. One's freshman year usually has a smattering of literature or composition courses. After that there are alot of "electives" and many folks use them to take softball courses for the easy A. Pysc 1 and 2 were a popular combination. Quite honestly though, this should have been covered in a highschool civics and/or history course.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Eko
(7,338 posts)Instead of 47% I would think its more like 75%.
Also, 54+47=101
"A new poll of 2,200 adults by Morning Consult found that only 54 percent of Americans know that people born in Puerto Rico, a commonwealth of the United States, are U.S. citizens. (Because Puerto Rico is not a state, they do not vote in presidential elections, but they send one nonvoting representative to Congress.)
This finding varied significantly by age and education. Only 37 percent of people ages 18 to 29 know people born in Puerto Rico are citizens, compared with 64 percent of those 65 or older. Similarly, 47 percent of Americans without a college degree know Puerto Ricans are Americans, compared with 72 percent of those with a bachelors degree and 66 percent of those with a postgraduate education."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/upshot/nearly-half-of-americans-dont-know-people-in-puerto-ricoans-are-fellow-citizens.html?mcubz=3&_r=1
lol.
I'm going to guess it's 53.5% to 46.5%, that's how they get to the odd extra point
But the NY post article that was referenced did not say 47% did not know that it was part of the US.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/upshot/nearly-half-of-americans-dont-know-people-in-puerto-ricoans-are-fellow-citizens.html?mcubz=3&_r=1
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)just because some Americans are under educated and the current president is sick & incompetent doesn't mean Republicans can refuse to do their jobs does it?
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,033 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)they did such a great job.
Not.
llmart
(15,552 posts)No Child Left Behind left 50% of them behind.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)DeVos will only be sure the kids have an education in "dumb them down".
As did Shrub, Rayguns and Nixon.
Dumb, easily led.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)onetexan
(13,056 posts)with all the rights that come with statehood. PR residents are our fellow Americans.