Florida International University FIU Digital Commons Cuba Poll Cuban Research Institute 2011 2011 Cuba Poll Guillermo J. Grenier Florida International University, grenierg@fiu.edu Hugh Gladwin Florida International University, gladwin@fiu.edu Cuban Research Institute Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cuba_poll Part of the Latin American Languages and Societies Commons Recommended Citation Grenier, Guillermo J.; Gladwin, Hugh; and Cuban Research Institute, "2011 Cuba Poll" (2011). Cuba Poll. 4. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cuba_poll/4 This work is brought to you for free and open access by the Cuban Research Institute at FIU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Cuba Poll by an authorized administrator of FIU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact dcc@fiu.edu.
2011 Cuba Poll Cuban Research Institute 648 randomly selected Cuban- American respondents were polled in Miami-Dade County. Interviews were completed on September 19, 2011. The margin of error for the overall poll is plus or minus 3.9%. This is the tenth in the series of Cuba Polls conducted by the Principal Investigators (Grenier/Gladwin) since1991. Overall results are weighted to be representative of the erican community of Miami-Dade County as a whole. Ford Foundation Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies Florida International University
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Do you favor or oppose continuing the U.S. embargo of Cuba? 7 64% 6 56% 53% 5 4 44% 36% 47% FAVOR OPPOSE 3
Do you think that the embargo has worked? 6 5 53% 55% 4 27% 7% 12% VERY WELL WELL NOT VERY WELL NOT AT ALL 4
Establishing a national dialogue among Cuban exiles, Cuban dissidents, and representatives of the Cuban government? 5 45% 4 35% 25% 15% 5% 38% 47% 11% 32% STRONGLY FAVOR MOSTLY FAVOR MOSTLY OPPOSE STRONGLY OPPOSE 5
Allow companies to sell medicine to Cuba? 7 6 63% 5 4 48% 38% 27% 21% 44% 9% 16% 11% 7% 9% 7% STRONGLY FAVOR MOSTLY FAVOR MOSTLY OPPOSE STRONGLY OPPOSE 6
Allowing U.S. companies to sell food to Cuba? 6 53% 5 42% 4 23% 22% 11% 9% 24% 16% STRONGLY FAVOR MOSTLY FAVOR MOSTLY OPPOSE STRONGLY OPPOSE 7
Should this kind of trade be expanded, kept the same or stopped? 6 56% 5 4 39% 28% 23% 33% 21% EXPANDED KEPT THE SAME STOPPED 8
Should unrestricted travel by all Americans to Cuba be allowed or not? 8 75% 7 6 57% 5 4 49% 43% 25% YES, ALLOWED NO, NOT ALLOWED 9
Do you favor or oppose the U.S. reestablishing diplomatic relations with Cuba? 8 7 76% 7 6 58% 5 4 42% 24% favor oppose 10
Some members of Congress are promoting a law that changes the current policy towards Cuba. The proposed law would re-establish the same restrictions on family travel and remittances that existed in 2004. This law would restrict Cuban American family visits to once every three years and it would also restrict remittances to the island. Would you favor or oppose such a law? 11
Would you favor or oppose such a law? 8 7 6 5 4 Oppose 76% 74% 72% 61% 54% 12
PRIVATE ENTERPRISES IN CUBA Recently the Cuban government has allowed more of its citizens to start their own private business enterprises. Overall, do you think this change is going make things better, worse, or not make any difference for people living in Cuba? 13
Overall, do you think this change is going make things better, worse, or not make any difference for people living in Cuba? 7 6 5 62% 58% 4 38% 36% better 5% 2% worse NO DIFFERENCE 14
7 Do you think people living in the US should be allowed to invest in these new private business enterprises in Cuba? 6 59% 54% 5 4 36% 34% 7% C-A yes no Not with R/F 15
Would you invest in a private enterprise in Cuba if given the opportunity? 8 7 68% 6 5 4 19% 44% 46% 13% yes no Not with R/F 16
WHAT DO RELATIVES THINK? Do you have any close relatives still living in Cuba? If yes: Do you know how they feel about the current change to allow more private enterprises? 17
Do they think that this change will make things better, worse or not make any difference? (N=156) 9 8 81% 7 6 6 5 4 34% 16% 5% 3% better worse No Difference 18
Would you like your congregation/synagogue to become involved in Cuba? (N=266) 6 5 48% 55% 52% 45% 4 yes no 19
Voter Registration 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 59% 27% 1% 5% 6% 6% 67% 35% 93% non-citizen citizen not registered citizen registered 20
as Republican, Democrat or Independent? (N=470=73% ) 0.6 56% 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 23% 0 Republican Democrat Independent 21