FL-PPP: Clinton leads everyone, Bush closest

[eric82oslo]

Interesting to see that a clear majority of Floridians support ending the embargo on Cuba. 53% support ending it, compared to only 22% who support keeping it - barely more than 1 in 5! Ending it wouldn't even be slightly controversial in the one state where support for the embargo traditionally has been by far the strongest and most politically sensitive.

In other news, 59% of Floridians support increasing the minimum wage to 10 dollars, including 9 out of 10 Democrats (89%) and a majority of independents (51%).

Florida is becoming very much a progressive state these days.

[eric82oslo]

Ending it wouldn't even be slightly controversial in the one state where support for the embargo traditionally has been by far the strongest and most politically sensitive.

That's not how this works.

The people who want to end the embargo are the vast majority of Floridians, yes. But these aren't people who'll vote on ending the embargo. The ones who would have their vote decided by who supports the embargo (mostly older Cubans) skew heavily pro-embargo. The majority may support it, but they're not voting on it.

Well it doesn't matter much, cause the old Cubans are dying off. And the Cold War has been dead for 25 years now.