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PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY RESULTS
Rosselló and Pierluisi clash in last debate
On Tuesday night, the two leading candidates for the New Progressive Party’s (Partido Nuevo Progresista, or PNP in Spanish) gubernatorial nomination for this fall’s general election campaign presented themselves in front of Puerto Rican audiences to make their...
Rosselló winning in New Progressive gubernatorial primary
In the race for the gubernatorial nomination of the New Progressive Party, Ricardo Rosselló has a strong lead going into the primary on June 5 according to the May edition of our 2016 Elections Puerto Rico poll. The professor and biomedical engineer passed resident...
Ferrer takes the lead in poll for Popular Democratic Resident Commissioner race
With less than a week to go before the June 5 primary in Puerto Rico, Hector Ferrer has taken the lead in the race for the resident commissioner nomination of the Popular Democratic Party. With 55.56% of support among respondents, to Angel Rosa's 39.39%, Ferrer has...
Bernie and Bill take Puerto Rico
With primary day in sight, two well-known national politicians made their way to Puerto Rico last week for one last attempt at gaining support. The importance of June 5th cannot be overstated for Puerto Ricans. Citizens of the U.S. territory are not allowed to vote...
The May edition of the 2016 Elections Puerto Rico Poll
As we promised after our initial poll, today we launch the May round of our 2016 Elections Puerto Rico Poll. Our March edition proved to be a success, in terms of gathering insight of the Puerto Rico electorate looking to the June 5 primary of the New Progressive,...
Clinton poised for big win in Puerto Rico primary
Continuing our coverage of the 2016 Elections March-April Puerto Rico poll, today we present the results regarding the presidential race in the US territory. As expected, Democrats dominate, in particular Hillary Clinton, who looks like the likely winner of the June 5...
La suerte… no está echada
Hace tiempo que no escribía, pues estaba esperando a ver como se desarrollaba la primaria entre el licenciado Pedro Pierluisi y el doctor Ricky Rosselló por la candidatura a la gobernación en el Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP). Hoy, faltando menos de un mes para la...
States with the most women in politics
Posted on May 10, 2016 by Palmer Gibbs The role of women in politics and leadership has proven to be a particularly flammable storyline throughout the 2016 election, whether it’s Donald Trump’s feud with Fox journalist Megyn Kelly or his assertion that Hillary Clinton...
Sanders likely to win West Virginia
After a win from Bernie Sanders in Indiana last week, tonight the Democratic primary moves to West Virginia. The state has 29 delegates up for grabs, or 3% of the remaining 926 delegates. Sanders is the favorite to win but, like his win on May 3rd, a win is not...
Rosa prevails over Ferrer in Popular Democratic Party Resident Commissioner race poll
Senator Angel Rosa would easily defeat former representative and party president Hector Ferrer for the Popular Democratic Party resident commissioner nomination come June 5 if the results of our 2016 Elections March-April poll hold. Rosa would command 46.0% of votes...