The Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico (PDP) (Spanish: Partido Popular Democrático de Puerto Rico, PPD) is a political party that supports the recognition of Puerto Rico's right to self-determination and sovereignty, through the augmentation of Puerto Rico's current status as a commonwealth. Puerto Rico, despite the spanish translation of the term "commonwealth", is not a "free associated state" of the United States with a Compact of Free Association (which is the case for the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands).
The PDP is one of three historically-registered parties in Puerto Rico, along with the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (NPP) and the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP). The governor of Puerto Rico, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, is from the PDP, but the NPP holds both the Puerto Rican House of Representatives and Senate, while the PIP has representation in the former and latter legislative bodies.
Those who follow the PPD ideology are commonly called "populares".
