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My heart hopes for Dalmau but my gut says J-Go wins but with a very small plurality. You lived here so you know that the two major parties don’t exactly track with mainland parties. J-Go herself isn’t as conservative as a mainland Republican.

PR itself is very homogenous. I’m gay and out and nobody cares as long as my husband and I attend mass every Sunday. Even when they talk about the anti-LGBT stuff here, it’s heavily focused on the T, lesbian and gay men don’t get nearly as much crap even in the smaller towns. So while Project Dignity exists, it struggles to capture Puerto Rican votes. We have evangelicals here, but the concept itself just isn’t popular like it is in the States.

I actually think it’s possible the Resident Commissioner ends up being from the PPD. Pablo Hernández Rivera is running and he’s the grandson of Rafael Hernández Colón, the governor off and on from 77-93.

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