Full Survey - Cuban Americans 2021

Survey of Florida Cuban-American Voters
March 2021
Florida is home to the largest Cuban diaspora population in the
nation.
• 66% of the Cuban-American community (approximately 1,500,000 residents) live in the
State of Florida.*
Cuban-Americans are not only the largest Latino voting bloc in

Florida, they also typically have the highest turnout compared to
other Latino groups in the state. As a result, the Cuban-American
vote continues to be a powerful voting bloc in Florida that is
heavily courted by political campaigns.
* 2017 Pew Research Center Data
METHODOLOGY
400 Cuban-American Registered Voters
Sample Size in Florida who participated in the
November 2020 Election
Dates of Interview March 8-11, 2021
Languages of Interview English, Spanish
Margin of Error +/- 4.9 percentage points
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IMAGE RATINGS
Joe Biden
Very / Somewhat Favorable 29% 16% 45%
Somewhat / Very Unfavorable 13% 38% 51%
Do not recognize 2%
4% of respondents
did not recognize or
did not answer
No answer 2%

Joe Biden
BY PARTY
Republican Democrat Independent
Favorable 25% 81% 63%
Unfavorable 68% 17% 37%

Do not recognize/
No answer
7% 2% -

Joe Biden
BY LANGUAGE
English Spanish
Favorable 55% 37%
Unfavorable 43% 57%

Do not recognize/
No answer
2% 6%

Joe Biden
BY COUNTRY
Cuba US
Favorable 39% 62%
Unfavorable 56% 37%

Do not recognize/
No answer
5% 1%

Donald Trump
Very / Somewhat Favorable 56% 6% 62%
Somewhat / Very Unfavorable 5% 31% 36%
Do not recognize
2% of respondents
did not recognize or
did not answer
No answer 2%

Donald Trump
BY PARTY
Favorable 78% 21% 57%
Unfavorable 19% 78% 43%

Do not recognize/
No answer
3% 1% -

Donald Trump
BY LANGUAGE
English Spanish
Favorable 48% 73%
Unfavorable 51% 24%

Do not recognize/
No answer
1% 3%

Donald Trump
BY COUNTRY
Cuba US
Favorable 71% 36%
Unfavorable 26% 64%

Do not recognize/
No answer
3% -

Image Rating Comparison
Donald Trump Joe Biden
Favorable 62% 45%
Unfavorable 36% 51%

Do not recognize/
No answer
2% 4%

Cuban vote in Florida throughout the years
71%
62%
52% 54%
48%
41%
38%
28%
2004 2008 2012 2016

Which candidate did you vote for in the November 2020 US
Presidential election, Joe Biden, Donald Trump or someone
else?
62%
36%
2%
Donald Trump Joe Biden Someone else

Presidential election, Joe Biden, Donald Trump or someone else?
BY PARTY
Joe Biden 18% 80% 40%
Donald Trump 79% 20% 60%
Someone else 3% - -

BY LANGUAGE
English Spanish
Joe Biden 49% 25%
Donald Trump 48% 74%
Someone else 3% 1%

BY COUNTRY OF BIRTH
Cuba US
Joe Biden 28% 59%
Someone else 1% 5%

BY AGE
18-59 60+
Joe Biden 43% 29%
Someone else 3% 1%

Do you accept the results of the 2020 Presidential
election that certified Joe Biden as the winner of the
election as the legitimate outcome?
54%
40%
6%
Yes, I accept the election result as No, I do not accept the legitimacy of Don't know/No answer
legitimate the election result
Do you accept the results of the 2020 Presidential election that
certified Joe Biden as the winner of the election as the legitimate
outcome?
BY WHO THEY VOTED FOR
Joe Biden Donald Trump

Yes, I accept the election results
97% 29%
as legitimate
No, I do not accept the legitimacy
- 64%
of the election results
Don’t know/No answer 3% 7%

outcome?
BY PARTY

Yes, I accept the election
results as legitimate
38% 87% 67%
No, I do not accept the
legitimacy of the election 54% 12% 29%
results
Don’t know/No answer 8% 1% 4%

outcome?
BY LANGUAGE
English Spanish
63% 46%
as legitimate
32% 47%

outcome?
BY COUNTRY
Cuba US
48% 71%
as legitimate
46% 23%

US Policy
Towards Cuba
Do you agree or disagree with President Obama’s announcement
to begin normalizing relations with Cuba?
RESULTS FROM MARCH 2015 POLL ON CUBAN-AMERICANS
51%
40%
9%
Agree Disagree Don't know/No answer

Should the Biden administration revert to a policy of normalization
of relations with Cuba that President Obama originally initiated in
2014?
Since 2015, we’ve seen a 26-point shift against 66%

normalization of relations with Cuba
28%
6%
Yes No Don't know/No answer

Should the Biden administration revert to a policy of normalization of
relations with Cuba that President Obama originally initiated in 2014?
Yes 65% 7%
No 24% 89%

BY PARTY
Yes 13% 58% 36%
No 83% 25% 61%

BY POLITICAL VIEW
Don’t think in
Liberal Moderate Conservative Don’t know
those terms
Yes 66% 38% 8% 33% 27%
No 29% 56% 86% 44% 55%

Don’t know/No
5% 6% 6% 23% 18%
answer

BY LANGUAGE
English Spanish
Yes 41% 17%
No 55% 75%

BY COUNTRY
Cuba US
Yes 18% 54%
No 74% 42%

BY AGE
18-59 60+
Yes 38% 18%
No 57% 74%

Do you favor or oppose easing restrictions on travel between the
United States and Cuba?
56%
35%
9%
Favor Oppose Don't know/No answer

Do you support or oppose easing restrictions on
travel between the United States and Cuba?
Strongly/Somewhat Support 22% 13% 35%
Somewhat / Strongly Oppose 10% 46% 56%
Since 2015, we’ve seen a 21-point shift against

Don't know/No answer 9% easing travel restrictions between the US and Cuba

Do you support or oppose easing restrictions on travel
between the United States and Cuba?
Support 62% 20%
Oppose 26% 71%

BY PARTY
Support 23% 54% 48%
Oppose 64% 38% 49%

BY LANGUAGE
English Spanish
Support 40% 30%
Oppose 52% 59%

BY COUNTRY
Cuba US
Support 29% 48%
Oppose 61% 39%

BY AGE
18-59 60+
Support 41% 28%
Oppose 48% 62%

Do you think that the U.S. embargo on Cuba should continue or
should not continue
47%
36%
17%
Should continue Should not continue Don't know/No answer

Do you think the U.S. embargo on Cuba should
continue or should not continue?
66%
Since 2015, we’ve seen a 30-point shift in favor of
continuing the US embargo on Cuba
21%
13%
Should continue Should not continue Don’t Know/No answer

Should continue 40% 79%
Should not continue 39% 11%

BY PARTY
Should continue 74% 39% 68%
Should not continue 8% 47% 32%
Don’t know/No answer 18% 14% -

BY LANGUAGE
English Spanish

The Trump administration suspended the Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program,
which provided an opportunity for U.S. citizens of Cuban descent to sponsor members of
their family to immigrate to the United States. Do you support or oppose the decision by
the Trump Administration to suspend the Family Reunification Parole Program?
Don't know/No answer 7%

The Trump administration suspended the Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program, which provided an
opportunity for U.S. citizens of Cuban descent to sponsor members of their family to immigrate to the
United States. Do you support or oppose the decision by the Trump Administration to suspend the Family
Reunification Parole Program?
Support 23% 54%
Oppose 72% 38%

BY PARTY
Support 53% 17% 42%
Oppose 35% 83% 54%
Don’t know/No answer 12% - 4%

BY LANGUAGE
English Spanish

From 1995 to 2017, the United States followed what became known as the “wet foot, dry
foot policy” with regard to Cuban migrants. The policy meant that undocumented Cuban
migrants who made it to the United States would be allowed to stay and seek legal
permanent resident status, but Cuban migrants intercepted at sea would be returned to
Cuba. Do you support or oppose reinstating the “wet foot, dry foot” policy?

From 1995 to 2017, the United States followed what became known as the “wet foot, dry foot policy” with
regard to Cuban migrants. The policy meant that undocumented Cuban migrants who made it to the United
States would be allowed to stay and seek legal permanent resident status, but Cuban migrants intercepted
at sea would be returned to Cuba. Do you support or oppose reinstating the “wet foot, dry foot” policy?
Support 62% 45%
Oppose 30% 47%

BY PARTY
Support 41% 64% 59%
Oppose 44% 36% 41%
Don’t know/No answer 15% - -

BY LANGUAGE
English Spanish
Support 40% 58%
Oppose 49% 36%

In the closing days of the Trump administration, the State Department placed Cuba back
on the list of countries known as State Sponsors of Terrorism, along with Iran, North
Korea and Syria. Countries listed as state sponsors of terrorism are automatically subject
to additional unilateral sanctions. Do you support or oppose Cuba being added to the list
of countries considered to be state sponsors of terrorism?

In the closing days of the Trump administration, the State Department placed Cuba back on the list of
countries known as State Sponsors of Terrorism, along with Iran, North Korea and Syria. Countries listed as
state sponsors of terrorism are automatically subject to additional unilateral sanctions. Do you support or
oppose Cuba being added to the list of countries considered to be state sponsors of terrorism?
Support 42% 83%
Oppose 44% 11%

In the closing days of the Trump administration, the State Department placed Cuba back on the list of
countries known as State Sponsors of Terrorism, along with Iran, North Korea and Syria. Countries listed as
state sponsors of terrorism are automatically subject to additional unilateral sanctions. Do you support or
oppose Cuba being added to the list of countries considered to be state sponsors of terrorism?
BY PARTY
Support 77% 61% 53%
Oppose 14% 33% 38%

DEMOGRAPHICS
COUNTRY BORN
25%
Cuba
United States 75%

POLITICAL VIEWS
46%
34%
15%
2% 3%
Conservative Moderate Liberal Don’t think in those Don’t know/No answer

terms
GENDER
Male Female 51% 49%

LANGUAGE OF PREFERENCE
45%
English Spanish
55%

PARTY
Democrat 18% 22%
Republican
Independent 60%

CONTACT
Bendixen & Amandi International (B&A) is a full-service public opinion research and communications consulting firm headquartered in Miami,
Florida. B&A’s research capabilities include conducting live operator telephone polling, focus groups, executive interviews, door-to-door
interviewing, economic impact studies, hard to reach populations and multilingual research in more than 30 languages. Utilizing research as the core
of our work, the firm specializes in providing sound strategic recommendations and developing impactful multi-media communications campaigns
through the creation of TV/Radio commercials, digital advertising, direct mail and traditional print advertising. Since our founding in 1984, B&A has
had the honor of conducting numerous complex and large scale projects for corporations, NGO’s, governmental agencies, and political candidates
across the United States and around the world. The firm has been polling the Cuban-American electorate and the Cuban community in the United
States since the 1970s and is an industry leader in researching the Cuban-American vote and community. In 2015, B&A conducted an unprecedented
and independent, scientific, country-wide survey of Cubans living in Cuba, the first scientific and independent poll conducted on the island since
Castro seized power in 1959.
Clients have included The White House, The United Nations, World Bank, InterAmerican Development Bank, The John. S. & James L. Knight
Foundation, The Miami Herald, the University of Miami, and Univision Communications, among others.
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March 2021

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Survey of Florida Cuban-American Voters

Cuban-Americans are not only the largest Latino voting bloc in

Dates of Interview March 8-11, 2021

Languages of Interview English, Spanish

Margin of Error +/- 4.9 percentage points

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Republican Democrat Independent

Favorable 25% 81% 63%

Unfavorable 68% 17% 37%

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Favorable 55% 37%

Unfavorable 43% 57%

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Favorable 39% 62%

Unfavorable 56% 37%

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Republican Democrat Independent

Favorable 78% 21% 57%

Unfavorable 19% 78% 43%

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Favorable 48% 73%

Unfavorable 51% 24%

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Favorable 71% 36%

Unfavorable 26% 64%

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Favorable 62% 45%

Unfavorable 36% 51%

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2004 2008 2012 2016

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Republican Democrat Independent

Joe Biden 18% 80% 40%

Donald Trump 79% 20% 60%

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Joe Biden 49% 25%

Donald Trump 48% 74%

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Joe Biden 28% 59%

Donald Trump 71% 36%

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Joe Biden 43% 29%

Donald Trump 54% 70%

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Joe Biden Donald Trump

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Republican Democrat Independent

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Agree Disagree Don't know/No answer

Since 2015, we’ve seen a 26-point shift against 66%

Yes No Don't know/No answer

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Joe Biden Donald Trump

Don’t know/No answer 11% 4%

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Republican Democrat Independent

Yes 13% 58% 36%

No 83% 25% 61%

Don’t know/No answer 4% 17% 3%

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