The Democratic Party of Puerto Rico ( es, Partido Demócrata de Puerto Rico)''Partido Demócrata anuncia aprobación plan de selección de delegados.''
WIPR. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2 May 2019. Accessed 9 November 2019. is the local affiliate of the U.S. National Democratic Party in the Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

. Party membership consists of supporters of both the current Commonwealth status and those who favor statehood for Puerto Rico.

Leaders

The party's local chairman is Charlie Rodríguez, its vice chair is Johanne-Velez Garcia. Former Ponce mayor "Mayita" Meléndez and attorney Luis Davila-Pernes are Puerto Rico's Democratic National Committeemembers.

Membership

Participation in Puerto Rico's delegate selection process is open those who wish to participate as Democrats and participants may not take part in any other party's Presidential Nominating process. Individuals who wish to participate in the Senate District Caucuses must register with the State Party's local committee.''The Green Papers: 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions.''
Richard E. Berg-Andersson. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

Primaries

Fifty-one of 58 delegates to the

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are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the islands-wide presidential preference primary, held on the last Sunday in March of every leap year. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at either the senatorial district or islandwide level. Forty district delegates are proportionally pledged to presidential contenders by local Puerto Rico Senatorial districts. As of 1 July 2019 the proportions were as follows: *District 1 San Juan: 4 *District 2 Bayamón: 4 *District 3 Arecibo: 5 *District 4 Mayagüez: 4 *District 5 Ponce: 4 *District 6 Guayama: 4 *District 7 Humacao: 4 *District 8 Carolina: 4 In addition, at-large and Pledged Party Leaders and Elected Officials (PLEOs) delegates are pledged to presidential contenders based on the presidential preferences of the 33 district level delegates as pledged by the Senate District primary results. Hence, the National Convention District delegates are pledged from the preferences expressed at the primary while the National Convention statewide delegates are pledged using the preferences of the National Convention District delegates.

Youth activities

The

Young Democrats of America The Young Democrats of America (YDA) is the youth wing of the Democratic Party of the United States. YDA operates as a separate organization from the Democratic National Committee; following the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, i ...

(YDA), Puerto Rico Chapter, is the official youth branch of the Puerto Rico Democratic Party. Previous presidents include

Francisco Domenech Francisco J. Domenech (born April 29, 1978 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a former Director of the Office of Legislative Services of Puerto Rico (2005–2008). Domenech spent part of his childhood, and adolescent years, in Ocala, Florida, having a ...

who was also Democratic National Committeeman for the

, the first Puerto Rican elected to this position, Phillip Arroyo who along with Francisco Domenech helped create and chair the

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and Ricardo Alfaro.

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