Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico are just like the Dominicans. You have to see the campaigning over there. It's just really annoying. Amezquita did not have to go far to find an example to illustrate his point. The legal services director of his office, Meyra Rios, a 32-year old Puerto Rican from the Baychester section of the Bronx, said she had only voted once, right after she reached voting age.
Politicians are only into money.
Once they're in that office, they forget their promises. Several other Latinos interviewed, even those who said they vote, had similarly pessimistic perspectives on how voting could impact their lives. Part of the problem in the Bronx, said the Rev. John Grange, a Catholic priest, is voters don't have much choice of candidates on the ballot. Grange, whose congregation at St. Jerome's Roman Catholic Church in the Mott Haven section largely consists of immigrants from Mexico and Central America, said immigrants are excited about politics the first time they vote. There's only one political party.