Évf. 2 szám 1 (2024)
Tanulmányok

A 2024-es amerikai választások és a Puerto Rico voks

Balogh Beatrix
Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69705/FHS.2024.2.1.4

Megjelent 2024-12-23

Kulcsszavak

  • Amerikai elnökválasztás,
  • USA gyarmatai,
  • Puerto Rico politikai státusza,
  • amerikai biztonságpolitika,
  • Florida

Copyright (c) 2024 Beatrix Balogh

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Absztrakt

Van-e Puerto Ricónak beleszólása az elnökválasztásba? Tulajdonképpen alkotmányos értelemben nincs. Ez pont a sziget politikai státuszából fakadó demokratikus deficit és a gyarmati viszony megszüntetését követelők gyakran hangoztatott érve. A Puerto Ricó-iak több mint fele azonban ma már az Egyesült Államokban él, a legtöbben Floridában, ahol akár az ő szavazatuk is lehet a mérleg nyelve a 2024-es elnökválasztás helyi fordulójában. Ennek a közösségnek a pártválasztását a helyi érdekek és pártprogramok mellett a sziget alkotmányos státuszának megváltoztatására tett ígéretek is erősen befolyásolják, konkrétan az, melyik jelölt támogatja Puerto Rico felvételét az Egyesült Államok teljes jogú tagállamaként. Nyáron nemcsak a demokrata elnökjelölt személye változott meg, hanem mindkét párt módosította a Puerto Ricóval kapcsolatos álláspontját, miközben a karibi sziget szintén a nyár folyamán döntött arról, hogy nemcsak az elodázott „státusz-népszavazást” rendezi meg 2024 novemberében, az általános választásokkal egyidőben, de a Puerto Ricó-iak most először — mégha szimbolikusan is — az USA elnökének és alelnökének személyéről is szavaznak. E többszörösen összetett képlet dinamikáját vizsgálja a tanulmány.

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