Poll: A majority of Cuban Americans support Obama's Cuba plan

[babylonsister]

* Posted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009

By Lesley Clark | The Miami Herald


A majority of Cuban Americans support President Barack Obama and back his moves to improve relations with Cuba, according to a new poll that suggests the community's staunch support for a tough U.S. stance against the Castro government may be eroding.

The survey said 64 percent of respondents favor Obama's directive to lift all restrictions on remittances and visits by Cuban Americans to family in Cuba. Twenty-seven percent of respondents said they were opposed to the measure.

The telephone survey of 400 Cuban-American adults in Florida, New Jersey and other states was conducted in Spanish and English on April 15-16, days after Obama announced his administration would relax sanctions against Havana. The margin of error is plus or minus 5 percentage points.

"Ten years ago, you wouldn't have seen anything near these numbers. Now it's the reality of where the community is," said Fernand Amandi, a pollster with Miami's Bendixen & Associates, a Democratic firm that did the survey. "It's unprecedented to suggest that the community for the first time is aligned with a Democratic president when it comes to Cuba policy."

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[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. Commie sons of bitches.......... oh wait wait a minute! nt

[Mika]

2. I know many who are going to Cuba for their health care - no need for US insurance now.

Amazing gimme that the Obama admin gave the MiamiCubano contingent. Now they don't need to spend their money on US insurance, They can go to Cuba for unlimited durations to get their Cuban government health care.

Of course they support Obama's latest move. They aren't going to be victimized by the US health care "system" any more.

Meanwhile... the rest of us are still travel banned by our own government.

[msongs]

3. many? how many? nt

[babylonsister]

4. My thoughts were along the lines of more votes in 2012. nt

[FrenchieCat]

5. Good thoughts. That gives us a strong blue Florida for both 2010 and 2012.....

instead of a shaky light blue Florida.