Americans largely approve of the thawing relationship between the United States and Cuba, with most thinking the U.S. should lift its longstanding trade embargo against the island nation, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. CONT. Emily Swanson, AP Read more »
Partisan Bases Are Not Always Where Their Elected Leaders Want Them To Be
Two policy questions roiling Washington show that partisan bases are not always as united as their elected party leaders in D.C. would like them to be. Crosstabs from two questions on the latest NBC/WSJ survey underscore that. In both cases, Republicans and Democrats do not agree with each other, but […] Read more »
Most Support Stronger U.S. Ties With Cuba
Fully 63% of Americans approve of the Obama administration’s decision last month to re-establish diplomatic ties with Cuba after more than 50 years. And there is equally broad support for going further and ending the decades-long U.S. trade embargo against Cuba (66% favor this). Yet there is broad public skepticism […] Read more »
Support increases for lifting Cuba embargo, travel restrictions
A large majority of Americans support establishing diplomatic ties with Cuba, and even larger — and growing — majorities support an end to trade and travel bans to the country, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. CONT. Scott Clement, Washington Post Read more »
Poll Finds Broad Public Support for Open Relations with Cuba
Broad majorities of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll support establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba, as well as ending the United States’ longstanding trade embargo and restrictions on travel to and from the Caribbean nation. CONT. Greg Holyk, ABC News Read more »
How do Americans feel about reestablishing relations with Cuba?
In the wake of President Obama’s surprise announcement of an agreement to normalize diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba, 54 percent of Americans approve of reestablishing both diplomatic and trade relations between the two countries, while just 28 percent disapprove. … Evaluations of President Obama’s handling of relations with […] Read more »