Puerto Rico Statehood Vote 2024. Statehood would give puerto rico the same rights as other states, representation in the united. Similar to 2012, 2017, and 2020, voters in puerto rico voted for statehood.

Delegates from puerto rico referred to the island territory as the commonwealth of puerto rico and the next state of the united states before casting their votes for kamala. Finally, in 2020, statehood won a clear majority of 53 percent in a referendum in which most of the electorate (55 percent) participated.