Florida Latino Support Divided in US Presidential Election
October 29, 2012
In the upcoming U.S. presidential election, national polls indicate Latino-Americans overwhelmingly support President Barack Obama over his Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Latino support in the key state of Florida, however, is more divided.
Most of the Cuban-Americans playing dominos in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood came to this country as political refugees to escape Fidel Castro's communist regime. As the largest Latino group in Florida, they are a strong political force in the state, and most tend to vote Republican, the party they see as more fiscally conservative and anti-Castro.
Like the majority of Cuban-Americans, Armando Alba said he strongly supports Mitt Romney for president.
“I believe he will lift the spirit of the nation and return us to the tradition, to the values of this nation of liberty and democracy. We do not need help or redistribution from anyone,” said Alba.
But a significant minority of Cuban-American voters like Raoul Martinez said they will vote for Obama.
“Things were really bad when he took office. It is still bad, but it was much worse before,” said Martinez.
While Romney may be leading among Cuban-Americans statewide, some polls have the president ahead by a small margin among all Latinos in Florida.
That is because the number of non-Cuban Hispanics in Florida has grown significantly.
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