{"id":12522,"date":"2016-12-13T13:30:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T18:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/americans-still-favor-ties-with-cuba-after-castros-death-u-s-election\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:17:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:17:42","slug":"americans-still-favor-ties-with-cuba-after-castros-death-u-s-election","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2016\/12\/13\/americans-still-favor-ties-with-cuba-after-castros-death-u-s-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans still favor ties with Cuba after Castro\u2019s death, U.S. election"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the aftermath of Fidel Castro\u2019s death and the election of Donald Trump, Americans continue to express support for the recent thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations. Yet the U.S. public remains skeptical about whether the island nation will become more democratic in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n

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Three-quarters of U.S. adults (75%) approve of the decision last year to re-establish U.S. relations with Cuba, while nearly as many (73%) favor ending the long-standing U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, according to a new national survey by Pew Research Center conducted Dec. 1-5.<\/p>\n\n

These views are similar to attitudes about U.S. relations with Cuba in July 2015<\/a>, following the decision to renew diplomatic ties. At that time, 73% approved of the re-establishment of U.S diplomatic relations with Cuba, and 72% favored an end to the trade embargo.<\/p>\n\n

However, Americans remain skeptical about the prospects for increased democracy in Cuba in the coming years. Fewer than half (42%) expect Cuba to become more democratic over the next several years, while 47% say it will be about the same as it is today; 3% expect Cuba to become less democratic. These opinions also have changed little since July of last year.<\/p>\n\n

Castro died on Nov. 25 after leading his country for nearly 50 years. Trump subsequently warned on Twitter<\/a> that he may cut U.S. ties with Cuba \u201cif Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban-American people and the U.S. as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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There continue to be partisan differences in views of U.S. policy toward Cuba: Democrats are more likely than Republicans to support diplomatic ties and an end to the U.S. trade embargo.<\/p>\n\n

Still, most Republicans and Republican-leaning independents approve of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba (62%) and favor ending the U.S. trade embargo (62%). Even larger majorities of Democrats and Democratic leaners back these two policies (87% and 84%, respectively).<\/p>\n\n

As with overall opinions about U.S. ties with Cuba, the partisan pattern in these views has changed little since last year.<\/p>\n\n

Support for the two policies is somewhat higher among adults younger than 50 than those ages 50 and older. For example, 78% of those ages 18-29 approve of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba, and 80% favor ending the U.S. trade embargo. Among those 65 and older, 62% approve of re-establishing diplomatic relations, and the same share favors ending the trade embargo.<\/p>\n\n

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Among college graduates, 83% approve of re-establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba, and 80% favor ending the U.S. trade embargo. Most of those with lower levels of education also back these two policies, but by somewhat smaller margins.<\/p>\n\n

Republicans remain more skeptical than Democrats that Cuba will become more democratic in the next few years.<\/p>\n\n

Only about a third of Republicans and Republican leaners (34%) say Cuba will become more democratic; 53% say it will remain about the same as it is today, while 4% say Cuba will become less democratic. By contrast, half of Democrats and Democratic leaners \u2013 including 56% of liberal Democrats \u2013 say Cuba will become more democratic in the years ahead.<\/p>\n\n

Note: Topline for this post can be found\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0(PDF), and the methodology is here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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