Biden risks further alienating Cuban Americans by lifting sanctions against Cuban regime

Cuban-American lawmakers and activists are blasting the Biden administration’s decision to lift certain Trump-era sanctions against Cuba’s communist government as unjustified and counterproductive.

The administration’s announcement on Monday, which has drawn bipartisan backlash, risks further alienating a Cuban-American voting demographic that was already trending Republican.

In Florida, where most Cuban Americans live, 54% of Cuban Americans voted for Donald Trump in 2016, compared to 41% who voted for Hillary Clinton. Four years later, 58% of Cuban registered voters nationwide said they affiliated with or leaned toward the Republican Party, while 38% said the same of the Democratic Party, according to a Pew Research Center survey.

Meanwhile, polling from last year indicated that 62% of Cuban-American voters in Florida backed Trump in 2020 and that months later, they still had a more favorable opinion of Trump than President Biden.

One apparent reason for this shift toward the GOP is the transformation of U.S. policy toward Cuba under former President Barack Obama.

By NC ScoutPublished On: May 19, 2022Categories: UncategorizedComments Off

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NC Scout is the nom de guerre of a former Infantry Scout and Sergeant in one of the Army’s best Reconnaissance Units. He has combat tours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He teaches a series of courses focusing on small unit skills rarely if ever taught anywhere else in the prepping and survival field, including his RTO Course which focuses on small unit communications. In his free time he is an avid hunter, bushcrafter, writer, long range shooter, prepper, amateur radio operator and Libertarian activist. He can be contacted at [email protected] or via his blog at brushbeater.wordpress.com .