Where do you get these ideas?
Yes, Filipinos did vote for a territorial government as laid out in the Philippine Organic Act of 1902.
Yes, Puerto Ricans vote. It's a territory. They have their own devolved government.
Yes, Filipinos did vote for a territorial government as laid out in the Philippine Organic Act of 1902.
Yes, Puerto Ricans vote. It's a territory. They have their own devolved government.
You have no problem calling the US a democracy, but when the same rules are applied elsewhere you have a problem?
Also, see Guam, US Virgin Islands, etc who didn't vote for anything.
Keep carrying that white man’s burden.
Hope that works out for you.