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“This election is won in the streets”: the arduous effort to mobilize the Puerto Rican electorate in Pennsylvania

About 312,000 Boricuas may be eligible to vote in the most important state in next month’s presidential election

October 13, 2024 - 5:00 PM

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Pennsylvania is home to nearly 500,000 Puerto Ricans, about half of the state's Latinos, and of that number, 312,037 are of voting age. In the photo, Puerto Rican Damaris Vera, who was among the Hispanic electorate that came to a polling place to cast their early vote. (Ramon "Tonito" Zayas)

By José A. Delgado

Corresponsal de El Nuevo Día en Washington D. C.jose.delgado@gfrmedia.com

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - In a state where a few thousand voters can decide who will be the next president of the United States, mobilizing the Puerto Rican vote, especially in this and other nearby cities, becomes more important every day as the final day of the U.S. elections approaches.