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2 Other parties 3 Past parties 4 Political organizations 5 External links 6 References |
Major parties
Historically, there have been three major political parties in Puerto Rico:
| Name (in English) |
Local name (in Spanish) |
Current leader | Abbreviation (in Spanish) |
Ideology |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Progressive Party | Partido Nuevo Progresista | Pedro Rosselló | PNP | pro-US statehood |
| Popular Democratic Party | Partido Popular Democrático | Aníbal Acevedo Vilá | PPD | pro-commonwealth |
| Puerto Rican Independence Party | Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño | Rubén Berríos | PIP | pro-independence |
The PPD and PNP have exchanged the Governor's seat since 1948, but the PIP has also had an impact on the election: many consider that the small group of PIP voters could have made a difference as to which of the other two major parties won some of the close elections. This latter phenomena is locally referred to as the watermelons (or melones in Spanish), because of the party colors of those who vote for the PPD (red) but in reality support the PIP (green).
| Name (in English) |
Current leader | Ideology |
|---|---|---|
| National Democratic Party of Puerto Rico | Celeste Benitez | part of the U.S. Democratic Party |
| National Republican Party of Puerto Rico | Tiody de Jesus | part of the U.S. Republican Party |
| Name (in English) |
Local name (in Spanish) |
Abbreviation (in Spanish) |
Members nickname | Time Lapse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rican Socialist Party | Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño | PSP | socialistas (socialists in English) | 1970s, 1980s |
| Puerto Rican Renewal Party | Partido Renovación Puertorriqueño | PRP | renovacionistas | mid 1980s |
Political organizations
External links
Official sites
References