Nearly Half of Americans Don’t Know Puerto Ricans Are Fellow Citizens
- 7 years ago
Nearly Half of Americans Don’t Know Puerto Ricans Are Fellow Citizens
Over all, 64 percent of Americans in the poll who were given no additional information said
that Puerto Rico should receive additional government aid to help rebuild the territory, while 14 percent said it was not necessary and 20 percent said they did not know or had no opinion.
But when a random sample of participants was informed
that Puerto Ricans were U. S. citizens before answering this question, support for aid increased four percentage points, to 68 percent.
About half of Americans know that Puerto Ricans are U. S. citizens, and they are more likely to support aid.
For example, 67 percent of Trump voters who saw a prompt informing them
that Puerto Ricans were U. S. citizens supported additional aid, compared with 57 percent who did not see the prompt
Over all, 64 percent of Americans in the poll who were given no additional information said
that Puerto Rico should receive additional government aid to help rebuild the territory, while 14 percent said it was not necessary and 20 percent said they did not know or had no opinion.
But when a random sample of participants was informed
that Puerto Ricans were U. S. citizens before answering this question, support for aid increased four percentage points, to 68 percent.
About half of Americans know that Puerto Ricans are U. S. citizens, and they are more likely to support aid.
For example, 67 percent of Trump voters who saw a prompt informing them
that Puerto Ricans were U. S. citizens supported additional aid, compared with 57 percent who did not see the prompt