Another one of Trump's short sighted policy backfires. In his effort to paint Puerto Rico as a failed and corrupt liberal state, he denied them aid, causing half a million American citizens to move from a place where they couldn't vote in federal elections to places where they could.
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Is there any explanation for this?
Hurricane drove a lot of people away.
https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/research/data-center/resear...
Massively devastating natural events + crappy economy + local governmental corruption + freedom of movement into the US = a lot of people leaving.
Honestly, the fact that even more people don't flee that island for mainland US is a testament to the importance people place on their "homeland".
Hurricane Maria in 2017 must be partially responsible?
Property damage (estimated at $90B) and loss of economic opportunity surely forced many people to move to the mainland.
Everyone is pointing to Hurricane Maria, which is a big factor, but even before that there was a major financial crisis creating substantial misery.
Hurricane Maria was pretty devastating and the lack of Federal aid exacerbated it. I imagine people left after that.
Another one of Trump's short sighted policy backfires. In his effort to paint Puerto Rico as a failed and corrupt liberal state, he denied them aid, causing half a million American citizens to move from a place where they couldn't vote in federal elections to places where they could.