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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Popular Democratic Party —Spanish: Partido Popular Democrático (PPD)— is a political party that advocates for maintaining the current political status of Puerto Rico as that of an unincorporated territory of the United States with self-government. Founded in 1938 by dissidents from the Puerto Rican Liberal Party and the Unionist Party, its founders defined the party as center-left in the ideological spectrum. In recent years however, its leaders describe the party as being centrist. The party was originally led by Luis Muñoz Marín, the first Puerto Rican governor elected by the people of Puerto Rico, and is today led by David Bernier, an odontologist turned public servant.The PPD is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political strength and currently holds the seat of the governor. It also has a simple majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives; effectively controlling both the executive and legislative branch without political opposition. The party also holds more than half of the seats of mayors in the municipalities of Puerto Rico.In terms of standing, the PPD is contrasted politically by the New Progressive Party (PNP in Spanish), which advocates for Puerto Rico to become a state of the United States, and the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), which advocates for the independence of Puerto Rico. Another option, spearheaded by a caucus within the PPD, advocates for Puerto Rico to enter a compact of free association with the United States.Members of the PPD are commonly called populares (English: \"populars\") and mostly affiliate with the Democratic Party of the United States."@en }

• Popular_Democratic_Party_(Puerto_Rico) abstract "The Popular Democratic Party —Spanish: Partido Popular Democrático (PPD)— is a political party that advocates for maintaining the current political status of Puerto Rico as that of an unincorporated territory of the United States with self-government. Founded in 1938 by dissidents from the Puerto Rican Liberal Party and the Unionist Party, its founders defined the party as center-left in the ideological spectrum. In recent years however, its leaders describe the party as being centrist. The party was originally led by Luis Muñoz Marín, the first Puerto Rican governor elected by the people of Puerto Rico, and is today led by David Bernier, an odontologist turned public servant.The PPD is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political strength and currently holds the seat of the governor. It also has a simple majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives; effectively controlling both the executive and legislative branch without political opposition. The party also holds more than half of the seats of mayors in the municipalities of Puerto Rico.In terms of standing, the PPD is contrasted politically by the New Progressive Party (PNP in Spanish), which advocates for Puerto Rico to become a state of the United States, and the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), which advocates for the independence of Puerto Rico. Another option, spearheaded by a caucus within the PPD, advocates for Puerto Rico to enter a compact of free association with the United States.Members of the PPD are commonly called populares (English: \"populars\") and mostly affiliate with the Democratic Party of the United States.".