Harris Although Puerto Rico does not participate in U.S. presidential general elections because it is an unincorporated territory and not a state, and therefore cannot send members to the U.S.

Electoral College, Puerto Ricans are citizens of the United States and are able to participate in the U.S. presidential primaries.

58 in 2020 by the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, voters will be able to participate in a non-binding presidential straw poll during the general election for the first time in the territory's history.

[3] However, following Biden's withdrawal from the race on July 21, the Puerto Rico delegates were instructed to pledge their support for vice president Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention.

Former president Donald Trump, who became the party's presumptive nominee on March 12, was the only candidate on the ballot and secured all 23 delegates.