Fla. Democrats Hope for More Cuban American Votes

[Judi Lynn]

Fla. Democrats Hope for More Cuban American Votes
Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:18 AM ET


By Frances Kerry
MIAMI (Reuters) - Democrats are pouncing on what they say is a slip in support for President Bush among Florida's Cuban Americans, who backed him overwhelmingly in 2000 and have been staunchly behind Republicans in presidential elections.

The Democrats don't expect their presidential candidate, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, to win the Cuban American vote in the Nov. 2 election. But because the group is so large, just making inroads would translate into a handy boost in a battleground state that was decided by only a few hundred votes four years ago.

Pollster Sergio Bendixen, who has conducted surveys for the campaign group the New Democratic Network, said he saw a reasonable chance for Kerry to garner 25 percent or even 30 percent of the Cuban American vote.

Bush won 82 percent of the 450,000 Cuban American votes cast when he beat Al Gore in Florida by 537 votes to clinch the state's electoral college votes and the White House in 2000.
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6530394

[NewYorkerfromMass]

1. They will get them

Bush screwed up with the Cuba travel bans.