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We are within days of the 2020 election, and winning the Latino vote is extremely important for both parties because, with 32 million eligible voters, Latinos will be the largest ethnic minority in the electorate this year. The Cuban American community is one of the most influential subgroups within the diverse Latino community.

Corporate media commonly repeat the narrative that there is a “generational divide” among Cuban Americans: While the older generation that escaped the terror of Fidel Castro’s iron fist has been a loyal Republican constituency since the 1980s, young Cuban Americans overwhelmingly support the Democrats.

This generational divide did exist before 2017. President Barack Obama nearly won the Cuban American vote in 2012, thanks to support from both young Cuban Americans and newly arrived Cuban immigrants.

In 2016, poll data from Florida International University suggested that among Cuban Americans under 40, about 43 percent supported Hillary Clinton, while 21 percent supported Donald Trump. In contrast, the majority of Cuban Americans 65 and older said they would vote for Trump. Democrats had hoped this generational divide would produce a new Democratic majority in the heart of Little Havana, which would be a boon to their party in the swing state of Florida.

The divide didn’t last long, however. The tide began turning during the statewide election in 2018. Among Cuban Americans under age 40, 51 percent supported Republican Ron DeSantis for governor, and 52 percent voted for Rick Scott to join the U.S. Senate.

The trend continues in 2020. According to a new Florida International University poll, 55 percent of Cuban Americans under 40 said they would re-elect Trump, while only 29 percent would vote for Democratic nominee Joe Biden. These numbers are almost identical to those of Cuban Americans 75 and older (59 percent for Trump and 23 percent for Biden).

It seems that young Cuban Americans are embracing their parents’ and grandparents’ political beliefs. Even data from Democratic polling firm Equis Research seems to confirm this trend.

 

The Democratic Party Has Shifted Dramatically Left

To understand what’s driving this shift, I interviewed Giancarlo Sopo, the Trump campaign’s director of rapid response for Spanish-language media. Sopo is one of those young Cuban Americans who made the political shift from left to right in recent years.

Sopo’s grandfather was a poet and Cuban naval officer. He died as a political prisoner in one of Castro’s jails, so Sopo never met him. Sopo’s father risked his life to liberate Cuba in the Bay of Pigs invasion. Sopo and his sister were raised by a single mother, who often had to juggle two to three jobs to put food on the table. Yet she raised her children with a profound sense of gratitude for their blessings in this country.

read more:

https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/29/democrats-lurch-into-socialism-is-driving-young-cuban-american-support-for-trump/

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