MIAMI — A majority of Cuban Americans in Miami Dade disapprove of President Joe Biden’s handling of key issues like the economy and Cuba policy and intend to overwhelmingly support Republican candidates in the midterm elections, according to a poll by Florida International University released Tuesday.
Just 30% of Cuban Americans living in the county support Biden, compared to the 42% who on average backed the president in national polls conducted in September. A strong majority (64%) of respondents to the FIU Cuba poll, a telephone survey of political attitudes in the Cuban American community that takes place every two years or so, also said they would back the reelection bids by Gov. Ron DeSantis and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio.
Florida’s governor could even get a higher percentage of votes from Cuban Americans by the time polls close on Nov. 8, as another 11% did not name candidates but said they would vote for the Republican on the ballot for governor. Even 15% of those who identified as Democrats said they would vote for DeSantis. Only the Cuban Americans not born in Cuba expressed less-than majority support for the governor (44%).
