In Miami, Cuban Americans have the power to push the state to the left
In Miami, Cuban Americans have the power to push the state to the left
Cuban immigrants were drawn to the Republican party in the 80s, but their children and grandchildren are shifting the vote
Francisco Navas in Miami
Sun 4 Nov 2018 03.00 EST
Miami runs on Cuban cafecitos, Cuban sandwiches and “Cuban time” – a favorite excuse for being 45 minutes late. As the largest group of Latinxs in Florida and Miami, Cubans are credited with giving the city its cultural core.
A bit of Cuba can be heard in the Miami accent, tweaking a local’s tongue to round vowels and cut syllables. And Cubans are also heard through their politics, or so the cliche states: they will always push Miami, and Florida, to the right.
More than half of Florida’s Cubans voted for Donald Trump in 2016. But younger Cubans are splitting from their parents and grandparents on politics, and analysts say the power of Cuban conservatism in Florida is now waning.
Andrew Gillum will be hoping that’s true as he races to defeat Republican Ron DeSantis in the midterm elections on 6 November. If Gillum wins, he will become the first Democrat to occupy the governor’s mansion in nearly two decades.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/04/miami-cubans-midterm-elections-voters
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