… Once a community known for standing in solidarity in support of the trade embargo, steering U.S. policy toward Cuba, the Cuban-Americans of Miami-Dade are showing rifts in their political views. …
The changing Cuban-American demographic may serve as a window into the group’s changing opinions. The number of Cuban-Americans born in Cuba dropped from 68 percent in 2000 to 57 percent in 2013, according to the Pew Research Center.
The decrease in share of the Cuban-born Cuban-American population matters because of the two groups’ differing political views: In 2014, 45 percent of those born in Cuba supported normalization, compared with 66 percent of those born in the U.S. CONT.
Lauren Leatherby, NPR