2020 Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico primaries
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The 2020 Popular Democratic Party primaries was the primary elections by which voters of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico for 2020. The primaries, originally scheduled for June 2020, were delayed until August 9, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The August 9 elections, however, were marred by a lack of ballots leading a suspension of the election; polling locations that could not open on August 9 were scheduled to be open for voting on August 16.[1] The winner for the party's nomination for Governor of Puerto Rico is Charlie Delgado, mayor of Isabela, over Carmen Yulín Cruz, mayor of San Juan and Eduardo Bhatia, Minority Leader of the Puerto Rico Senate.
Candidates
[edit]Governor
[edit]- Carlos Delgado Altieri, mayor of Isabela[2]
- Eduardo Bhatia, Minority Leader of the Puerto Rico Senate[3]
- Carmen Yulín Cruz, mayor of San Juan, and former member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives[4][5]
Withdrawn
[edit]- Roberto Prats, former member of the Senate of Puerto Rico[6][7]
- Juan Zaragoza, former Secretary of Treasury of Puerto Rico[8][9]
Resident Commissioner
[edit]- Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, former Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico and former Governor of Puerto Rico[10]
Senate
[edit]In the Senate of Puerto Rico, the PPD holds 3 at-large seats and 1 district seat. The PPD also holds 3 additional seats that are temporarily added under Article Three of the Constitution of Puerto Rico whenever the majority party (in this case the New Progressive Party) wins more than two thirds of the original 27 seats in contention.
House of Representatives
[edit]The PPD holds 15 seats in the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.
Opinion polls
[edit]Governor
[edit]| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Carlos Delgado Altieri | Eduardo Bhatia |
Carmen Yulín Cruz | Other/Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radio Isla | July 28–August 3, 2020 | ~246 (LV)[b] | – | 39% | 35% | 21% | 5%[c] |
| Becaon Research/Puerto Rico Herald | July 20–26, 2020 | ~192 (V)[d] | – | 44% | 26% | 16% | 14%[e] |
| Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald | May 3–7, 2020 | ~181 (LV)[f] | – | 25% | 35% | 17% | 23%[g] |
| Diario Las Américas | March 30-April 21, 2020 | — (RV)[h] | — | — | 49% | 25% | 26%[i] |
| Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald | March, 2020 | – (V)[j] | – | 17% | 52% | 16% | 15%[k] |
| Beacon Research/Puerto Rico Herald | February, 2020 | – (V)[j] | – | 21% | 42% | 12% | 25%[l] |
| El Nuevo Día | February 21–25, 2020 | 170 (RV) | ± 7.5% | 12% | 50% | 24% | 14%[m] |
Results
[edit]Governor
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Popular Democratic | Carlos Delgado Altieri | 128,638 | 62.97% | |
| Popular Democratic | Eduardo Bhatia | 48,563 | 23.77% | |
| Popular Democratic | Carmen Yulín Cruz | 27,068 | 13.25% | |
| Total votes | 204,269 | 100.00% | ||
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear - ^ 25% of a full sample of 983 likely voters
- ^ Undecided with 5%
- ^ 24% of a full sample of 802 voters
- ^ "Undecided/Refused" with 8%; "None of the above" with 6%
- ^ of a full sample of 802 voters
- ^ "None of the above" with 16%; "Undecided/Refused" with 7%
- ^ PPD subsample of 1500 registered voter sample
- ^ "Other" with 7%; Undecided with 19%
- ^ a b Not yet released
- ^ "None of the above" with 7%; "Undecided/Refused" with 8%
- ^ "None of the above" with 11%; "Undecided/Refused" with 14%
- ^ "Other candidate" with 4%; "refused" with 1%; would not vote with 0%; undecided with 9%
References
[edit]- ^ Ortiz-Blanes, Syra; Padró Ocasto, Bianca (August 9, 2020). "'Never in my life had I seen this.' Puerto Rico to delay primaries amid election chaos". Miami Herald. Miami, Florida. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ González, Jennifer. "Carlos Delgado Altieri aspirará a la gobernación en 2020". Metro (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "Puerto Rico Senate Minority Leader Bhatia running for governor". Caribbean Business. October 18, 2018. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz to run for Puerto Rico governor in 2020". Nbcnews.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ "San Juan Mayor Announces Run for Puerto Rico Governor". Bloomberg. Associated Press. March 22, 2019. Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2019.
- ^ Ruiz Kuilan, Gloria (December 2, 2018). "Roberto Prats oficializa su candidatura a la gobernación por el PPD". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- ^ "Roberto Prats se quita de aspiración a la gobernación por el PPD". Primera Hora (in Spanish). November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
- ^ "Juan Zaragoza confirma que aspirará a la gobernación por el PPD". ElNuevoDia (in Spanish). August 15, 2019. Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
- ^ "Juan Zaragoza se retira de la carrera a la gobernación por el PPD". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). December 23, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
- ^ Torres Gotay, Benjamín (December 10, 2019). "Aníbal Acevedo Vilá: 'Me hago disponible para la candidatura a comisionado residente'". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
