Alternative Titles: Partido Nuevo Progresista, PNP
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...each of which advocates a different political status for the island. The two leading parties are the Popular Democratic Party, which supports the continuation of commonwealth status, and the New Progressive Party, which favours U.S. statehood. Together these two parties have commanded virtually all the vote in elections since the late 20th century. The Puerto Rican Independence Party,...
...groups. In 1968 the PPD lost control of the lower house of the legislature after a split in its ranks, and it also relinquished the governorship to Luis A. Ferré, who led the pro-statehood New Progressive Party (Partido Nuevo Progresista; PNP). Since then the PPD and PNP have alternated in power.
role of Ferré
...Muñoz Marín in 1956 and 1960 and lost again to the Popular Democrats’ candidate, Roberto Sánchez Vilella, in 1964. He left the Statehood Republican Party in 1967 and formed the New Progressive Party. Aided by a split in the Popular Democratic Party, Ferré was elected governor in 1968, thus ending the Popular Democrats’ 20-year control of the governorship and their...