In another continuation of Trump admin policy?
President Biden, looking at Cuban/American votes in Florida will leave in place Trump admin travel restriction’s for Cuba….
Obama’s effort to lower those restrictions seem to have cost Democrats valuable votes in Florida elections….
President Biden has taken a U-turn from the Obama administration’s policies on Cuba after Democrats lost two consecutive presidential elections in Florida.
While Biden ended or reversed a number of Trump-era policies upon taking office, including the U.S. exit from the Paris climate deal and the so-called Muslim travel ban, former President Obama’s former vice president has kept in place Trump-era restrictions on Cuba following Obama’s openings to the island nation.
The administration has said it’s reviewing the country’s policy on Cuba and hasn’t publicly ruled out changes. But the retention of Trump’s policies so far also follows deeply disappointing results for Democrats among Latino voters in Florida, where Cuban Americans are a vital voting bloc.
“You have to think that the reason that nothing has been done is because of some consideration about how Cuban Americans are going to take a shift in policy,” said Guillermo Grenier, a professor at Florida International University and one of the lead investigators of the school’s Cuba Poll.
Democrats’ troubles in Florida were put into stark relief in November when Trump carried the state for a second time, helped out by big gains in the Miami area, a traditional Democratic stronghold where roughly 7 in 10 residents are Latino. In 2016, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton won Miami-Dade County by nearly 30 percentage points, while Biden carried it last year by less than 8 points….
Too bad.
Democrats aren’t going to win the Cuban votes anyway.Obama did alright with them but basically they are mostly Right Wingers and fit in better with the Republicans.
Democrats need to do better in DeSantis’s Florida…..
Biden won the Hispanic vote , but he and Dem’s need MORE….
Well they’re not going to get it by going after the Cuban vote.
They ARE gonna try….
Well this isn’t going to help much.
The Cubans ,who generally vote Republican,gave the credit for this to Trump and voted for him last time.They like all that macho garbage.
If Biden thinks that simply by continuing Trumps Policy he’s going to get a lot of credit?Hes mistaken in my view.
Going after non Cuban Hispanics will pay bigger dividends ;however, the Democrats face an uphill climb in Florida due to an influx of older Republican leaning types over the past ten years or so which will likely continue.
Mayoral loss in Hispanic-heavy McAllen, Texas, sets off Dems’ alarms
Russell Contreras, Axios
Mon, June 7, 2021, 8:54 PM
A Republican has won a mayoral race in a South Texas Hispanic Democratic bastion, sparking celebration from the GOP nationwide and alarm from some Democrats.
Why it matters: Javier Villalobos’ victory Saturday in Mexican American-majority McAllen, Texas, comes as some Latino Democrats say their party has been ignoring Mexican Americans in Texas, New Mexico and California as the Republican Party makes dents in areas once solidly blue.
Driving the news: Villalobos, an attorney and former chair of the Hidalgo County GOP, beat Veronica Whitacre by about 200 votes in a nonpartisan race where Democrats have dominated for years.
His victory drew praise from former Trump 2020 campaign adviser Steve Cortes, who tweeted, “Amazing news! McAllen, Texas, is a major border town of 140,000 people. 85% Hispanic — and just elected a Republican mayor.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, joined conservatives on social media to congratulate Villalobos and say Hispanic voters are opening up to populist, Republican messages.
The bilingual Villalobos ran on improving the economy in a border town where nearly a fourth of residents live in poverty but is one of the safest communities in the nation, FBI crime statistics show.
“South Texas is very conservative and Hispanics here have always voted Democratic because of our parents and grandparents out of tradition,” Villalobos told Axios.
“Hopefully, they are opening up their eyes. Competition is good.”
Between the lines: Former president Trump made gains with Hispanics in South Texas by shifting from rhetoric about immigration to fears surrounding the economic impact of COVID-19 shutdowns, according to preliminary findings by research firm Equis that were reviewed by Axios.
The same analysis found that Republicans and conservative groups made inroads via YouTube in 2020 with low-information Latino voters often ignored by Democrats.
What they’re saying: New Mexico Democratic political consultant Sisto Abeyta said Democrats in recent years have not engaged or invested in some Hispanic areas with low voter turnout that historically have voted blue.
“Democrats need to change the narrative and start talking about jobs,” Abeyta said. “They need to invest and engage and not take these districts for granted. These voters are up from grabs now.”
Texas Democratic operative Sawyer Hackett said the McAllen race should “wake up a lot of Democrats” ahead of the 2022 congressional midterms.
“The RGV (Rio Grande Valley) went solidly for Bernie (Sanders) during the (2020) Democratic primary, so voters there respond to messages about the economy. They just aren’t being engaged.”
https://news.yahoo.com/mayoral-loss-hispanic-heavy-texas-005406960.html
Joe Biden won the the overall Hispanic/Latino vote….
But?
Down ballot?
Democrats need top focus on local issues that sometimes may seen close to Republican points of view….
Things like ‘Defund the Police’ GOPer’s pinned on Dem’s and THAT hurt….