FIU/Florida Poll
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Florida International University

The FIU/Florida Poll is a statewide survey of 1,200 Florida residents done by SJMC’s Institute for Public Opinion Research (IPOR) every year from 1988 to 2004. The 2004 Poll was done in December 2004 and January 2005, and the 2006 Poll was done in July 2006.

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What do you think American policy toward Cuba should be? Should the United States intensify its opposition to the Castro government in Cuba, should it keep things about the same as they are now, or should it try to promote better relations with Cuba?

Bar Chart

results by ethnic groups


US policy toward Cuba * Florida poll conducted in year Crosstabulation
% within Florida poll conducted in year


Florida poll conducted in year Total
93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 06
US policy toward Cuba intensify opposition 21.8% 36.2% 26.5% 26.0% 22.0% 18.6% 12.3% 16.0% 14.5% 11.0% 11.8% 12.4% 10.5% 18.3%
keep things the same 36.5% 21.2% 27.4% 29.2% 32.2% 26.2% 29.2% 27.6% 26.4% 26.6% 26.3% 27.6% 31.1% 28.3%
promote better relations 41.7% 42.6% 46.1% 44.7% 45.8% 55.3% 58.5% 56.4% 59.1% 62.4% 61.9% 60.0% 58.4% 53.4%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

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