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Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by pavanred on Monday October 02, 2017 @08:42PM (#15389162)
What surprised me was that almost every news report/pleas on tv shows to help seemed to mention and emphasize that these people are American citizens. I didn't see the same thing happen with the other hurricane coverage. Is awareness about this really an issue?
Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by neuronexmachina on Monday October 02, 2017 @09:05PM (#15389261)
Sadly, it is an issue. From another fivethirtyeight article: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/more-americans-may-supp...

> Last year, YouGov found that only 43 percent of Americans knew Puerto Ricans were U.S. citizens.

> Overall, 64 percent were in favor of aid to the island. ... That 64 percent in favor of aid increased to 68 when respondents were informed that Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. Trump backers specifically saw a 10-point jump — from 57 percent to 67 percent — in favoring aid when told that Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.

Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by roywiggins on Monday October 02, 2017 @09:00PM (#15389238)
Even a lot of the media has struggled a bit with it- talking about "US aid" when they mean Federal aid. They never say US aid when disaster strikes the rest of the US, they say Federal aid.

Interestingly, apparently PR is still considered "unincorporated" meaning that the US Constitution doesn't apply in its entirety there.

Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by bshep on Monday October 02, 2017 @08:45PM (#15389175)
yes. a lot of people are unaware of puerto rico’s status and its peoples citizenship.
Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by diggernet on Monday October 02, 2017 @08:56PM (#15389223)
In no small part due to years of national news pretty much ignoring the existence of Puerto Rico.
Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by bshep on Monday October 02, 2017 @09:17PM (#15389321)
one citation, but i'm sure there are more: "Nearly Half of Americans Don’t Know Puerto Ricans Are Fellow Citizens" - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/upshot/nearly-half-of-ame...
Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by chrisco255 on Monday October 02, 2017 @09:56PM (#15389522)
I wonder if these polls are as accurate as election polls.
Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by learc83 on Monday October 02, 2017 @10:30PM (#15389682)
The polls were very accurate at the national level and within a few points at the state level.
Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by chrisco255 on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @03:35PM (#15395387)
The same polls that predicted Hillary would win?
Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by objectivetruth on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @05:44PM (#15396478)
Most national polls reflected a preference for her of a few percent. Her popular vote victory was well within that margin of error.

But you already knew about the statistical peculiarity that was the 2016 Electoral College result, so I'm guessing you're repeating this hoping for some alt-right points on HN? Or just to demonstrate that public policy polling and statistics are somehow a big snake oil discipline that you're too intelligent to fall for?

Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by bshep on Monday October 02, 2017 @10:05PM (#15389565)
Well I didn't look at the data and i'm sure theres some error in the results. But even if they are off by 20-30% thats still A LOT of people who dont know about PR status, etc.

Anecdotally (i know thats not a good example) most people I speak to always ask if needed a visa to more to one of the 50 states, they ask if you need a passport to visit and they ask if you can drive to PR.

Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by mwfunk on Monday October 02, 2017 @11:51PM (#15389992)
It's absolutely an issue. Sad but true. I would bet that most American citizens don't realize that PR is also part of America, or that the people that live there are American citizens as well.
Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by jccalhoun on Monday October 02, 2017 @09:37PM (#15389423)
Yes. In grad school I had a prof from Puerto Rico and she said she always had to convince officials that yes she was a US citizen.
Re:The Media Has Neglected Puerto Rico by sampo on Monday October 02, 2017 @09:43PM (#15389445)
You can also google stories about people who don't believe New Mexico is part of the US.