Politics

New Poll Finds Cuban-Americans Firmly Approve of Obama

As reported by The New York Times and Generation Miami, a new poll by Bendixen & Associates paints a picture of Cuban Americans firmly supporting President Obama and his efforts in regards to Cuba. The poll, based on 400 phone surveys carried out last week in Florida, New Jersey and...

By Kyle Munzenrieder

April 21, 2009

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As reported by The New York Times and Generation Miami, a new poll by Bendixen & Associates paints a picture of Cuban Americans firmly supporting President Obama and his efforts in regards to Cuba.

The poll, based on 400 phone surveys carried out last week in Florida, New Jersey and other states, show that 67% of Cuban-Americans have a somewhat or very favorable view of our president. Sixty-four percent strongly or somewhat support the Administration's recent removal of certain travel and money transfer bans.

Furthermore, the poll find 67% favor all Americans being able to travel to Cuba. The poll has a margin of error of +/-5%.

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