The importance of small demographic groups is often overstated by political commentators. The Cuban-American vote is an exception.
Cuban-Americans represent a meaningful number of voters in a battleground state, Florida, that may be critical in the 2016 presidential election. Their political allegiances also seem to have shifted significantly toward Democrats in recent years, which raises the possibility that President Obama’s new policy could accelerate the shift — or undo parts of it.
Cuban-Americans, in short, are the rare small demographic group that could easily decide a presidential election. CONT.
Nate Cohn, New York Times