{"id":5084133,"date":"2020-10-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/puerto-rican-governor-endorses-trump-for-president\/"},"modified":"2020-10-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T04:00:00","slug":"puerto-rican-governor-endorses-trump-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2020\/10\/10\/puerto-rican-governor-endorses-trump-for-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rican Governor Endorses Trump for President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cI ask all Puerto Ricans who are listening to go vote,\u201d Puerto Rico Governor Wanda V\u00e1zquez Garced<\/a> (R) said in an interview on Telemundo<\/a>. \u201cUse your vote and evaluate who represents and thinks about Puerto Ricans in their most difficult time,\u201d V\u00e1zquez Garced said. \u201cIt is Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

In Puerto Rico, residents aren\u2019t allowed to vote in the presidential election. But as U.S. citizens, they\u2019re eligible to vote in U.S. elections once they become mainland residents.<\/p>\n\n\n

In the years since Hurricane Maria devastated the island, Puerto Rico has been experiencing a mass exodus, migrating to the U.S. mainland. A year following Maria, Puerto Rico\u2019s population decreased by 142,000 (4.4%)<\/a> and has been on a steady decline ever since. <\/p>\n\n\n

As of 2019, it was estimated that up to 500,000<\/a> residents have left the island. After the earthquakes, it is estimated these figures are much higher. <\/p>\n\n\n

By far, Florida is the most popular destination for refugees, but many have also made it to Connecticut.  In 2016, Puerto Ricans accounted for 8.3 percent of the total population and 53 percent of the state\u2019s Hispanic or Latino population making it the largest Latino-origin group in the state. <\/p>\n\n\n

In Connecticut, 12.3% of the eligible voter population is Latino, according <\/a>to the Pew Research Center.<\/p>\n\n\n

There are 32 million Hispanics \u2013 Latinos eligible to vote<\/a> this year; Hispanics-Latinos are poised to make up the largest share of U.S. voters who are people of color in November\u2019s election.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cGovernor Wanda V\u00e1zquez Garced\u2019s endorsement is further proof of the enthusiasm that President Trump is generating among Boricuas and all Hispanics,\u201d said Trump Victory Spokesperson Danielle Alvarez in a statement obtained by the Miami Herald.<\/p>\n\n\n

The latest polls have Joe Biden over Trump by as much as 13% of the vote. Trump narrowly lost to Hillary Clinton in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n

Vazquez isn\u2019t an elected governor, and she lost to Pedro Pierluisi in the primaries, the same person she replaced. Pierluisi was removed from office after the island\u2019s highest court ruled he was unconstitutionally sworn in.<\/p>\n\n\n

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