GOP Hopes to Hold on to Florida’s Cubans

“For nearly a decade, Republican presidential candidates have counted on Florida’s Cuban-American community to win the state and, with it, the presidency.

This year’s hopefuls are again making the rounds in Little Havana and on Miami’s Spanish-language radio, mixing criticism of Fidel Castro’s Cuban regime with scathing comments about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

But this once fail-safe plan has become more risky as Florida’s increasingly diverse Hispanic community no longer guarantees a monolithic vote. Of the state’s estimated 3 million Hispanics, Cubans represent a third. Puerto Ricans and Mexicans, more traditionally Democratic voters, make up another third, and Central and South Americans round out the group.”

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